Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 98 Hay, John 1838 1905 Hay, John Milton De Forest, John William 1826 1906 Forest, John William de De Forest, J. W. (John William) Field, Margret Guernsey, Clara F. (Clara Florida) 1836 1893 Guernsey, Clara Florida Hadermann, J. R. Hickox, Chauncey Hooper, Lucy Hamilton 1835 1893 Hooper, Lucy Hamilton Jones Hosmer, Margaret 1830 1897 Hosmer, M. (Margaret) Hosmer, Margaret Kerr Minor, R. D. Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott 1835 1921 Prescott, Harriet Elizabeth Spofford, Harriet Prescott Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Not pretty, but precious / Margret Field -- The victims of dreams / Margaret Hosmer -- The cold hand / Clara F. Guernsey -- The blood seedling / John Hay -- The marquis / Chauncey Hickox -- Under false colors / Lucy Hamilton Hooper -- The hungry heart / J.W. De Forrest -- "How Mother did it" / J.R. Hadermann -- The red fox / Clara F. Guernsey -- Louie / Harriet Prescott Spofford -- Old Sadler'S resurrection / R.D. Minor. Produced by Distributed Proofreaders "Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories" by John Hay et al. is a collection of short stories likely written in the late 19th century. The narrative opens with a complex exploration of an unconventional marriage between Mr. Norval and his wife, Percy, who are wed more out of circumstance than love, revealing their personalities and backgrounds as they navigate their unexpected union. The beginning of the story introduces us to Mr. Norval, who lies incapacitated due to an accident, prompting urgent marriage to Percy, a plain yet resolute schoolteacher, to circumvent social pressures from his past misdeeds. As Percy articulates her thoughts in a long letter to Norval, we learn of her sacrifices, desires, and the complexities of her emotions from an unfulfilled past. The dynamic between Mr. Norval’s social status and Percy’s humble beginnings sets the scene for their evolving relationship, as both grapple with their circumstances while tentatively striving for companionship against the backdrop of societal expectations and personal heartaches. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, American PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 567970 567858 2024-10-05T09:24:22.063684 2023-10-05T09:11:58.648844 text/html text/html 566841 2020-12-25T19:52:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 427517 2020-12-25T19:52:46 text/html application/zip 391035 2024-10-05T09:24:32.086690 application/epub+zip 398899 2024-10-05T09:24:25.690664 application/epub+zip 286834 2024-10-05T09:24:24.156688 application/epub+zip 859013 2024-10-05T09:24:37.037627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 829214 2024-10-05T09:24:31.036650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482712 2022-09-05T13:02:54.366346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 550670 550651 2024-10-05T09:24:21.162696 2023-10-05T09:11:57.986826 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 551629 2020-12-25T19:52:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 215799 2020-12-25T19:52:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 551620 2020-12-25T19:52:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 215750 2020-12-25T19:52:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 25159 2024-10-05T09:24:37.220618 application/rdf+xml 15172 2024-10-05T09:24:24.722670 image/jpeg 3296 2024-10-05T09:24:24.439687 image/jpeg 384835 2024-10-05T09:24:22.121704 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia