Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 50 Benson, Stella 1892 1933 Anderson, J. C. O'Gorman, Mrs. This Is the End Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "This Is the End" by Stella Benson is a novel that was written during the early 20th century, specifically in the time of World War I. The book seems to explore themes of idealism and existential questioning through its central character, Jay, a bus conductor who challenges societal norms and her family's conventional expectations. Her journey embodies a quest for meaning amid chaos, particularly in a world turned upside down by war and personal conflicts. The opening of the novel introduces Jay as a unique character with a penchant for questioning everything around her. We see her political and philosophical outlook manifested in her refusal to accept societal conventions, which ultimately leads her to leave her family behind. As the narrative unfolds, we also meet her family, which includes various relatives characterized by their own quirks and less-than-perfect dynamics, each with differing views on life and morality. The beginning sets a rich atmosphere of introspection that hints at Jay's secret world, her desire for freedom, and the exploration of deep existential themes against the backdrop of an uncertain and changing society. The conflicts introduced promise a layered narrative filled with the struggle between individual desires and societal pressures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en London (England) -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 288834 288665 2024-10-05T09:07:05.297646 2023-10-05T08:58:26.309937 text/html text/html 288827 288658 2024-10-05T09:07:05.557651 2023-10-05T08:58:26.474947 text/html text/html 171847 2024-10-05T09:07:11.591594 application/epub+zip 174774 2024-10-05T09:07:07.418714 application/epub+zip 174774 2024-10-05T09:07:06.241646 application/epub+zip 311054 2024-10-05T09:07:14.535615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294802 2024-10-05T09:07:10.890667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272388 2022-09-05T12:44:48.525125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260221 260127 2024-10-05T09:07:04.912758 2023-10-05T08:58:26.066931 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 261444 2020-12-25T18:51:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 101590 2020-12-25T18:51:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 261439 2020-12-25T18:51:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 101570 2020-12-25T18:51:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21237 2024-10-05T09:07:14.668589 application/rdf+xml 12447 2024-10-05T09:07:06.782618 image/jpeg 3193 2024-10-05T09:07:06.512624 image/jpeg 169257 2024-10-05T09:07:05.582656 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