The Second Dandy Chater

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallon, Tom, 1866-1914

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Second Dandy Chater" by Tom Gallon is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Philip Crowdy, a man whose life takes a dramatic turn when he learns of his striking resemblance to Dandy Chater, a notorious figure found dead under suspicious circumstances. As Crowdy navigates this complex situation, he becomes entangled in Chater's affairs, including the emotional consequences of impersonating a man who was engaged to marry two different women. The opening of the novel sets the scene in the bleak Essex countryside, where Philip Crowdy battles both the harsh weather and his own thoughts while approaching a small village. He soon encounters a young woman named Patience Miller, who mistakenly believes him to be Dandy Chater and expresses deep emotional reliance on him. This unexpected encounter sets Philip on a path filled with intrigue, suspense, and moral dilemmas, as he grapples with the implications of his deception. As the story unfolds, he discovers more about Dandy Chater's secrets, propelling him further into a tangled web of relationships and unforeseen dangers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by David Edwards, Carolyn Jablonski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2014-11-02