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100 1 _aOuida,
_d1839-1908
245 1 3 _aAn altruist
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-03-19
508 _aTim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"An Altruist" by Ouida is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Wilfrid Bertram, an ardent idealist who passionately discusses themes of altruism and the evils of wealth in a gathering filled with skeptical socialites. Readers will likely encounter Bertram's struggles as he navigates societal norms while fervently advocating for collective ownership and a more equitable society. The opening of the novel sets the stage in Wilfrid Bertram's cramped Piccadilly rooms, where he is attempting to lecture a crowd from high society on his radical ideas regarding property and altruism. While he holds an earnest desire to enlighten his guests, they display boredom and derision, leading him to feel increasingly isolated in his convictions. Through a series of dialogues with his guests, including cynical observations from Lord Marlow and sympathetic comments from his aunt Lady Southwold, we see Bertram grappling with the disconnect between his ideals and the shallow societal values surrounding him. This conflict intensifies when news of a substantial inheritance disrupts his principles, introducing further moral dilemmas that will likely unfold as the narrative progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897
653 _aLondon (England) -- Fiction
653 _aRich people -- Fiction
653 _aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction
653 _aLaundresses -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/altruist00ouidrich/page/n9/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73201
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