The day's journey by Netta Syrett
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"The Day's Journey" by Netta Syrett is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Rose Summers, who has returned from living abroad and is visiting her cousin Cecily Kingslake at her picturesque home in the English countryside. The opening chapters hint at the complexities of Cecily's marriage and the emotional undercurrents that exist between the characters, particularly in the context of domestic roles, ambition, and friendship. The
beginning of the novel introduces Rose as she arrives at Cecily's home, reflecting on her cousin's life and their past friendship. Rose notices the changes in Cecily since her marriage to Robert Kingslake, a writer who has not achieved the success projected for him. As the characters reconnect, underlying tensions regarding personal fulfillment and dissatisfaction in marriage start to surface. Through their conversations, themes of identity, societal expectations, and the sacrifices women make in personal relationships begin to emerge, setting the stage for deeper exploration of these issues as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Syrett, Netta, 1865-1943 |
|---|---|
| Title | The day's journey |
| Original Publication | United States: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1906. |
| Credits | D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (The New York Public Library's Digital Collections) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Spouses -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 71317 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-71317-5 |
| Release Date | Aug 2, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 322 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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