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100 1 _aCholmondeley, Mary,
_d1859-1925
245 1 0 _aDiana Tempest, Volume I
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
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 2011-11-10
508 _aE-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Matthew Wheaton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)
520 _a"Diana Tempest, Volume I" by Mary Cholmondeley is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Colonel Tempest, who, along with his son Archie, embarks on a journey to their ancestral home, Overleigh, to visit his dying brother. As Colonel Tempest reflects on his tumultuous past, particularly his estrangement from his brother over a woman, the narrative delves into themes of memory, familial ties, abandonment, and the complex nature of love. The opening of the novel paints a vivid picture of Colonel Tempest and his son in a train carriage on a cold April morning. As they travel, the Colonel is preoccupied with memories of his marital woes and the fallout from his choice to marry for love rather than family sentiment. He recalls the happy yet fleeting moments with his late wife, Di, and their troubled marriage that ultimately led to estrangement. The narrative swiftly shifts to the present, where the Colonel's internal struggles manifest as he anticipates a difficult reunion with his brother. This initial chapter sets the stage for the exploration of regret and the weight of familial expectations, defining themes that will resonate throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFamilies -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37973
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