Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 59 Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone 1875 1928 Up the Hill and Over Reading ease score: 85.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Brendan Lane, Charlie Kirschner, and the Prooject Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Up the Hill and Over" by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story appears to follow the experiences of Dr. Callandar, who embarks on a journey through a picturesque countryside while wrestling with personal challenges, mental fatigue, and physical discomfort. As he travels, he meets various characters, including a small boy and a mysterious young woman named Esther Coombe, who may significantly impact his life and perspective. The beginning of the novel introduces Dr. Callandar as he struggles with the heat and weight of his knapsack while walking between two towns, Wimbleton and Wombleton. He encounters playful children, the distaste of the small boy toward academics, and a firm, intriguing woman who prohibits him from using a local water pump. These initial interactions set a tone of light-heartedness interwoven with deeper themes of struggle and connection, laying the groundwork for Callandar's evolving character and the dynamics that will unfold as he reaches the town of Coombe. As he arrives, he becomes entangled in the lives and troubles of its inhabitants, hinting at a narrative rich in character development and human experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en City and town life -- Fiction Physicians -- Fiction Canada -- Fiction Teachers -- Fiction Drug addicts -- Fiction PS Text Contemporary Reviews Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 631718 631545 2024-10-05T04:56:44.283791 2023-10-05T05:44:59.160450 text/html text/html 631711 631538 2024-10-05T04:56:44.610775 2023-10-05T05:44:59.388472 text/html text/html 308929 2024-10-05T04:56:54.865679 application/epub+zip 317568 2024-10-05T04:56:47.653720 application/epub+zip 314290 2024-10-05T04:56:46.349725 application/epub+zip 544693 2024-10-05T04:57:00.614702 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498317 2024-10-05T04:56:54.007828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474793 2022-09-05T08:01:10.436165 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567148 567050 2024-10-05T04:56:43.613791 2023-10-05T05:44:58.760471 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 568377 2020-12-19T21:45:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 219636 2020-12-19T21:45:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 568371 2020-12-19T21:45:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 219606 2020-12-19T21:45:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21918 2024-10-05T04:57:00.743656 application/rdf+xml 11111 2024-10-05T04:56:46.893732 image/jpeg 2774 2024-10-05T04:56:46.621766 image/jpeg 302919 2024-10-05T04:56:44.664779 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia