Project Gutenberg 2006-01-16 Public domain in the USA. 83 Campbell, John 1840 1904 Bell, J. Cawdor Two Knapsacks: A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Two Knapsacks: A Novel of Canadian Summer Life" by J. Cawdor Bell is a novel written in the late 19th century. This story centers around the adventures of two young bachelors, Eugene Coristine and Farquhar Wilkinson, who are members of a literary society in Toronto. It explores themes such as friendship, literature, and the yearning for a simpler life through their decision to embark on a hiking trip, shunning the distractions of urban female society. The opening of the novel introduces the main characters, who find themselves at a literary society meeting that ultimately gets adjourned due to a lack of quorum. Determined to escape the heat of the city, they concoct a plan to undertake a pedestrian tour through the Canadian countryside equipped with their knapsacks. As they prepare for their journey, their humorous banter showcases their personalities and sets the stage for the ensuing adventure. Their preparation emphasizes their quirky determination to seek solace in nature while avoiding the company of women, hinting at underlying social commentary as they embark on a trip colored by their literary aspirations and playful camaraderie. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Canada -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 994392 994244 2024-11-08T03:38:23.317764 2023-09-08T06:11:16.890400 text/html text/html 1006541 2006-01-16T13:59:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 385610 2006-01-16T13:59:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 497673 2024-11-08T03:38:38.804548 application/epub+zip 512135 2024-11-08T03:38:28.140573 application/epub+zip 478853 2024-11-08T03:38:26.282573 application/epub+zip 883722 2024-11-08T03:38:47.014548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827057 2024-11-08T03:38:37.400574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 733471 2022-09-08T11:36:31.596595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 939711 939613 2024-11-08T03:38:21.236668 2023-09-08T06:11:15.017417 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 939357 2006-01-16T13:51:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 370987 2006-01-16T13:51:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 939373 2006-01-16T13:51:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 370898 2006-01-16T13:51:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21287 2024-11-08T03:38:47.153510 application/rdf+xml 17808 2024-11-08T03:38:26.872603 image/jpeg 3920 2024-11-08T03:38:26.575618 image/jpeg 476516 2024-11-08T03:38:23.401658 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