Project Gutenberg 2005-12-19 Public domain in the USA. 62 MacGrath, Harold 1871 1932 Arms and the Woman Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Al Haines "Arms and the Woman" by Harold MacGrath is a romance novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the main character, John Winthrop, a young reporter navigating the complexities of love and ambition in a rapidly changing society. It explores themes of unrequited love, social class differences, and the pursuits of both romantic and professional aspirations, particularly in relation to Winthrop's feelings for the beautiful Phyllis and his personal dreams of success. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to John Winthrop as a twenty-two-year-old reporter who encounters Phyllis in a garden. Their initial meeting is marked by a blend of youthful infatuation and the awkwardness of youth. After some years apart, they reconnect at Block Island, where their friendship deepens, though it is framed by the constraints of social class and Winthrop’s professional struggles. The opening chapters set up a rich tapestry of romantic tension and ambition, hinting at John's longing to break free from his financial struggles and to win Phyllis's affections, while also foreshadowing the heartache that may come from his unacknowledged feelings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Love stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 469487 469425 2024-10-07T15:08:25.394166 2023-09-08T05:33:50.501229 text/html text/html 469480 469418 2024-10-07T15:08:25.694191 2023-09-08T05:33:50.674236 text/html text/html 246933 2024-10-07T15:08:35.049122 application/epub+zip 253234 2024-10-07T15:08:28.850178 application/epub+zip 238147 2024-10-07T15:08:27.564169 application/epub+zip 468350 2024-10-07T15:08:39.746605 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431599 2024-10-07T15:08:34.183105 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402999 2022-09-08T10:41:23.994824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412020 412009 2024-10-07T15:08:24.914197 2023-09-08T05:33:50.156239 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 411830 2020-12-13T12:10:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 156605 2020-12-13T12:10:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 411838 2020-12-13T12:10:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 156587 2020-12-13T12:10:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20670 2024-10-07T15:08:39.877580 application/rdf+xml 14764 2024-10-07T15:08:28.108198 image/jpeg 3716 2024-10-07T15:08:27.837131 image/jpeg 244202 2024-10-07T15:08:25.735161 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