Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 109 Peattie, Elia Wilkinson 1862 1935 Wilkinson, Elia The Precipice: A Novel Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Precipice: A Novel" by Elia W. Peattie is a fictional work written during the early 20th century. The narrative centers around Kate Barrington, a recent graduate who returns home after her time at the University of Chicago, grappling with her identity, family dynamics, and the societal expectations placed on women during this period. Through Kate, the novel examines themes of personal ambition and the clash of traditional values with the emerging independence of women. The opening of the novel introduces Kate as she bids farewell to her friend Lena Vroom before heading home, reflecting on her time at university and her mixed feelings about returning to a life structured by her parental home. Kate's thoughts oscillate between fond memories and frustrations regarding societal norms, particularly the expectation for women to conform to traditional roles. Her interactions reveal her compassionate nature, particularly towards Lena, who seems to struggle with her own sense of belonging. As Kate arrives home, she is enveloped in the bittersweet emotions of reunion—capturing the tension between her aspirations and the confinements of her expected domestic role, setting the stage for her internal conflict that will be further developed throughout the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Young women -- Fiction Feminist fiction Women -- Social and moral questions -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 609172 603961 2024-09-05T15:12:26.996854 2023-10-06T04:22:25.447845 text/html text/html 599318 2020-12-14T18:48:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 239966 2020-12-14T18:48:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 295368 2024-09-05T15:12:35.292817 application/epub+zip 306048 2024-09-05T15:12:28.499911 application/epub+zip 298986 2024-09-05T15:12:27.599844 application/epub+zip 566821 2024-09-05T15:12:40.634801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533143 2024-09-05T15:12:34.630825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461239 2022-09-06T19:08:41.194719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 584340 584254 2024-09-05T15:12:25.711909 2023-10-06T04:22:24.229867 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 585681 2020-12-14T18:48:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229596 2020-12-14T18:48:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 585680 2020-12-14T18:48:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229527 2020-12-14T18:48:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20979 2024-09-05T15:12:41.130783 application/rdf+xml 11715 2024-09-05T15:12:27.962852 image/jpeg 3251 2024-09-05T15:12:27.779874 image/jpeg 290101 2024-09-05T15:12:27.053861 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