Project Gutenberg 2005-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 109 Masters, Edgar Lee 1868 1950 Ford, Webster Masters, E. L. (Edgar Lee) Children of the Market Place Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Children of the Market Place" by Edgar Lee Masters is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows James Miles, a young man born in London at the time of the Battle of Waterloo and raised by his mother’s family after she dies during his birth. After learning of his father's death in America, James travels to the Midwest to claim his inheritance, leading to a profound exploration of identity, family dynamics, and societal issues. The opening of the novel introduces James as he reflects on his complicated heritage resulting from his mother's tragic past and his father's absence. As he reaches the age of eighteen and learns of his father’s death, he is compelled to travel to America, a journey filled with excitement and uncertainty. The early chapters capture his experiences aboard a ship approaching New York, his observations of the bustling city, and his interactions with a fellow passenger who shares insights on American society, especially regarding race and slavery. James’s internal struggle with his identity in the midst of changing societal norms and expectations sets the stage for his eventual confrontation with his father's legacy and the challenges of his new life in a burgeoning America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historical fiction Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 691821 691689 2024-10-07T06:04:34.290439 2023-09-07T07:38:52.295906 text/html text/html 698410 2020-12-14T09:02:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 262999 2020-12-14T09:02:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 340022 2024-10-07T06:04:44.546376 application/epub+zip 349925 2024-10-07T06:04:37.847441 application/epub+zip 336650 2024-10-07T06:04:36.356466 application/epub+zip 603677 2024-10-07T06:04:50.474380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554796 2024-10-07T06:04:43.638402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 522514 2022-09-07T22:20:25.217108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 671446 671351 2024-10-07T06:04:33.325468 2023-09-07T07:38:51.615901 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 671162 2020-12-14T09:02:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 258418 2020-12-14T09:02:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 671169 2020-12-14T09:02:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 258388 2020-12-14T09:02:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21849 2024-10-07T06:04:50.617357 application/rdf+xml 12131 2024-10-07T06:04:37.028412 image/jpeg 3094 2024-10-07T06:04:36.739448 image/jpeg 332641 2024-10-07T06:04:34.352471 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