Project Gutenberg 2005-08-15 Public domain in the USA. 95 Marks, Percy 1891 1956 The Plastic Age Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Scott G. Sims and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Plastic Age" by Percy Marks is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story captures the journey of Hugh Carver, a young and naive freshman at Sanford College as he navigates the ups and downs of college life, including friendships, academic pressures, and romantic entanglements. As Hugh adjusts to his new environment, he experiences the vitality and challenges of youth in a vibrant college setting filled with varied characters and social dynamics. At the start of the story, Hugh Carver arrives at Sanford College, excited and apprehensive about beginning this new chapter in his life. He reflects on his journey and meets his roommate, Carl Peters, whose charismatic and bold personality starkly contrasts with Hugh's more reserved nature. Through their interactions, readers gain insight into the competitive and sometimes daunting landscape of college life, with upperclassman dynamics and the pressure to fit in. The opening sets the stage for themes of self-discovery, peer relationships, and the complexities of growing up, as Hugh grapples with his identity and path forward in this bustling collegiate environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 472434 462550 2024-10-07T10:58:38.381191 2023-09-07T11:22:59.923637 text/html text/html 476964 2020-12-12T09:45:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1311080 2020-12-12T09:45:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1437677 2024-10-07T10:58:47.179619 application/epub+zip 1441700 2024-10-07T10:58:40.572131 application/epub+zip 252907 2024-10-07T10:58:39.197152 application/epub+zip 1623087 2024-10-07T10:58:52.290591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1589392 2024-10-07T10:58:46.053607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383131 2022-09-08T06:00:15.792150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437219 437133 2024-10-07T10:58:37.077147 2023-09-07T11:22:59.026640 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 437109 2020-12-12T09:45:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 165850 2020-12-12T09:45:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 437101 2020-12-12T09:45:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 165820 2020-12-12T09:45:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21111 2024-10-07T10:58:52.438560 application/rdf+xml 12033 2024-10-07T10:58:39.773119 image/jpeg 3179 2024-10-07T10:58:39.486118 image/jpeg 1386081 2024-10-07T10:58:38.466161 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