Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 122 Bindloss, Harold 1866 1945 The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Beginners Projects, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Buccaneer Farmer" by Harold Bindloss is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers on Osborn, a country gentleman struggling to manage his estate and the challenges posed by greedy tenants and the burden of a complicated financial situation. The book explores themes of pride, familial duty, and the intricacies of rural life, as he navigates the expectations of both his family and his tenants. The opening of "The Buccaneer Farmer" introduces Osborn in his library, frustrated by mounting bills and the affairs of his estate that intrude on his leisure time. This chapter sets the stage for his character, revealing his overbearing nature and the tension within his family regarding their financial situation. His interactions with his son Gerald, who is caught between familial expectations and personal ambition, highlight the generational conflicts at play. As Osborn engages with his tenants, particularly regarding their struggles against a monopolistic coal merchant, the dynamics of power, economic hardship, and social duty begin to unfold, hinting at the larger conflicts that will arise throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Farmers -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 624953 624811 2024-10-05T07:20:09.556155 2023-10-05T07:36:43.719999 text/html text/html 624946 624804 2024-10-05T07:20:09.872145 2023-10-05T07:36:43.947995 text/html text/html 289534 2024-10-05T07:20:19.212102 application/epub+zip 300609 2024-10-05T07:20:11.973151 application/epub+zip 300609 2024-10-05T07:20:10.686167 application/epub+zip 545035 2024-10-05T07:20:25.050097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496823 2024-10-05T07:20:18.364208 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 494885 2022-09-05T10:46:36.715760 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 564011 563920 2024-10-05T07:20:08.891187 2023-10-05T07:36:43.224016 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 565403 2004-02-04T01:45:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 208213 2004-02-04T01:45:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 565394 2004-02-04T01:45:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 208168 2004-02-04T01:45:24 text/plain application/zip 20812 2024-10-05T07:20:25.183074 application/rdf+xml 12636 2024-10-05T07:20:11.240153 image/jpeg 3269 2024-10-05T07:20:10.960148 image/jpeg 284338 2024-10-05T07:20:09.923172 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