Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Le Gallienne, Richard 1866 1947 Gallienne, Richard Le LeGallienne, Richard The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Brendan Lane, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Romance of Zion Chapel" by Richard Le Gallienne is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in the small and grim provincial town of Coalchester, the story introduces a cast of characters centered around the old and decaying Wesleyan chapel, New Zion, and focuses on the lives of its new young pastor, Theophilus Londonderry, and a local girl named Jenny Talbot. The narrative explores themes of love, ambition, and the contrast between the drab appearance of the town and the vibrant dreams of its inhabitants. At the start of the book, we are immersed in the dreary setting of Coalchester, particularly Gasometer Street, where the narrative contrasts the mundane with the potential for romance that even the dullest places can harbor. As we are introduced to Theophilus Londonderry, a spirited young man juggling his roles as a clerk by day and a minister by night, and Jenny, a sweet-natured young woman yearning for her future, it becomes apparent that their destinies are intertwined. The first chapter sets the stage for a story that hints at the reawakening of the chapel's spiritual life, fueled by the optimism and energy of its new pastor and the unexpected romance that is likely to blossom between him and Jenny as they navigate their individual and shared hopes within this desolate environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Clergy -- England -- Fiction Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 302666 298042 2024-10-05T07:29:18.217294 2023-10-05T07:44:12.134276 text/html text/html 298296 2004-02-05T14:31:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 111699 2004-02-05T14:31:10 text/html application/zip 195821 2024-10-05T07:29:25.778267 application/epub+zip 200310 2024-10-05T07:29:21.340281 application/epub+zip 184362 2024-10-05T07:29:20.092303 application/epub+zip 399819 2024-10-05T07:29:29.369262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371837 2024-10-05T07:29:24.987258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336694 2022-09-05T10:55:56.696741 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281734 281653 2024-10-05T07:29:17.529349 2023-10-05T07:44:11.594277 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 283098 2004-02-05T14:31:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 109457 2004-02-05T14:31:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 283089 2004-02-05T14:31:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 109426 2004-02-05T14:31:10 text/plain application/zip 22169 2024-10-05T07:29:29.501239 application/rdf+xml 16735 2024-10-05T07:29:20.639300 image/jpeg 4015 2024-10-05T07:29:20.362279 image/jpeg 191178 2024-10-05T07:29:18.244301 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