The Wheel O' Fortune by Louis Tracy
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"The Wheel O' Fortune" by Louis Tracy is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Richard "Dick" Royson, a young man grappling with unemployment and discontent in London, who unexpectedly finds himself entangled in a series of dramatic events following a chance encounter with a young lady in distress and her companion, Baron von Kerber. At the start of the novel, we find Royson frustrated and disillusioned
by the sight of a protest march of unemployed workers that reflects his own precarious situation. After witnessing a chaotic incident involving a runaway carriage and effectively intervening to save a woman named Miss Fenshawe, he is introduced to Baron von Kerber, who offers him a mysterious job aboard a yacht named the "Aphrodite." As Royson grapples with his shifting fortunes and engages in different social spheres, he unwittingly steps into a narrative filled with adventure, intrigue, and an underlying promise of danger connected to the yacht's true purpose. The opening of the book sets the stage for what appears to be a thrilling ride through themes of destiny, identity, and the search for purpose. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Tracy, Louis, 1863-1928 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Wheel O' Fortune |
| Credits | Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, Charles Kirschner, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 8596 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Aug 24, 2014 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 409 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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