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040 _aUtSlPG
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050 4 _aPR
100 1 _aPain, Barry,
_d1864-1928
245 1 0 _aWilhelmina in London
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-08-02
508 _aAl Haines
520 _a"Wilhelmina in London" by Barry Pain is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story centers around Wilhelmina, a practical young woman navigating life in London after the death of her father, who left her in precarious financial circumstances. As she sets out to forge her own destiny, Wilhelmina's journey leads her through a series of adventures and encounters that reveal both the challenges and possibilities of independence. At the start of the novel, Wilhelmina reflects on her unsatisfactory upbringing, marked by her father's lack of responsibility and financial instability. After his death, she receives a small inheritance and decides to move to London with vague aspirations for her future. Her first day in the city is filled with unexpected encounters, including a mysterious proposal from Nathan Gould, who enlists her to impersonate his deceased half-sister in an elaborate scheme to protect his ailing mother. Wilhelmina's practical nature and skepticism about Gould's intentions set the stage for a narrative that explores themes of identity, morality, and the pursuit of autonomy in a bustling, unpredictable metropolis. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: John Long, Limited, 1912
653 _aOrphans -- Fiction
653 _aHumorous stories
653 _aLondon (England) -- Fiction
653 _aYoung women -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71322
999 _c112048
_d112048