Project Gutenberg 2005-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 83 Keable, Robert 1887 1927 Simon Called Peter Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Simon Called Peter" by Robert Keable is a novel written during the early 20th century, specifically post-World War I. The narrative explores themes of love, morality, and the human experience in the context of the chaos and devastation brought on by war, particularly focusing on the contrast between the ideals of compassion and the grim realities faced by soldiers and clergy. At the center of the story is Peter Graham, an idealistic curate who finds himself compelled to serve as a chaplain during the war, and his romantic involvement with Hilda Lessing, whose views on war and duty collide with Peter's emerging sense of purpose. At the start of the novel, Peter is depicted walking through a beautiful London on a Sunday morning, though he is preoccupied with thoughts about an impending war, which serves as foreshadowing of the conflict that will develop throughout the story. He meets Hilda Lessing, who displays an air of privilege and uncertainty about the realities of war, juxtaposing Peter's growing urgency and sense of responsibility. As they discuss the possibility of war, Peter's concerns mount, while their conversation reveals tensions surrounding social expectations, love, and duty. The opening sets a poignant tone that encapsulates the struggle between personal desires and the harsh truths of a world at war, drawing readers in with its emotional depth and complex character dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 700422 700300 2024-10-06T13:36:53.210833 2023-09-07T04:10:31.326918 text/html text/html 700415 700293 2024-10-06T13:36:53.551873 2023-09-07T04:10:31.510906 text/html text/html 337903 2024-10-06T13:37:03.207779 application/epub+zip 346850 2024-10-06T13:36:55.796804 application/epub+zip 346851 2024-10-06T13:36:54.445827 application/epub+zip 593595 2024-10-06T13:37:09.337769 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552396 2024-10-06T13:37:02.328804 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525825 2022-09-07T17:13:22.331170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643090 643019 2024-10-06T13:36:52.487853 2023-09-07T04:10:30.915900 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 642966 2020-12-19T02:46:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 248367 2020-12-19T02:46:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 642957 2020-12-19T02:46:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 248245 2020-12-19T02:46:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21277 2024-10-06T13:37:09.476743 application/rdf+xml 13986 2024-10-06T13:36:55.000838 image/jpeg 3513 2024-10-06T13:36:54.726828 image/jpeg 331133 2024-10-06T13:36:53.615824 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