Project Gutenberg 2004-09-09 Public domain in the USA. 103 Payn, James 1830 1898 Some Private Views Reading ease score: 60.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. From "The Nineteenth century" review: The Midway Inn. The critic on the hearth. Sham admiration in literature. The pinch of poverty. Story-telling. Penny fiction. The literary calling and its future -- From "The Times": Hotels. Maid-servants. Man-servants. Whist-players. Relations. Invalid literature. Wet holidays. Travelling companions. Produced by Audrey Longhurst and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Some Private Views" by James Payn is a collection of essays likely written in the late 19th century. The book delves into various societal observations, blending humor and critique while reflecting on contemporary issues such as literature, society's values, and personal experiences. Through a conversational narrative style, Payn presents the thoughts and musings of a narrator who seems to be both an observer and a participant in the life of his surroundings. At the start of the book, the narrator introduces us to his acquaintance, a middle-aged man characterized as rich yet profoundly ordinary. This acquaintance serves as a lens through which the narrator explores various philosophical and social themes, including the changing attitudes towards life, death, and literary appreciation among society’s passengers. The opening portion sets the tone for this exploration, depicting the narrator’s nuanced and somewhat cynical view on human nature, societal expectations, and the fleeting nature of joy in an increasingly materialistic world, where even the prospect of heaven appears diminished. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Essays PR Text Browsing: Literature 390416 390555 2024-10-06T07:54:53.739829 2023-10-06T09:07:43.428562 text/html text/html 389000 2020-06-23T09:05:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 281029 2020-12-18T04:58:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 392140 2024-10-06T07:55:02.102306 application/epub+zip 391863 2024-10-06T07:54:56.980842 application/epub+zip 229737 2024-10-06T07:54:55.699852 application/epub+zip 560875 2024-10-06T07:55:06.092273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 546981 2024-10-06T07:55:01.285351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380112 2022-09-07T02:03:14.350862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372436 372370 2024-10-06T07:54:53.160866 2023-10-06T09:07:42.977543 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 370783 2020-06-23T14:20:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 147205 2020-12-18T04:58:35 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 372280 2020-12-18T04:58:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 147333 2020-12-18T04:58:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 372276 2020-12-18T04:58:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 147270 2020-12-18T04:58:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22945 2024-10-06T07:55:06.226269 application/rdf+xml 14767 2024-10-06T07:54:56.233871 image/jpeg 3713 2024-10-06T07:54:55.965835 image/jpeg 360443 2024-10-06T07:54:53.790865 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