Project Gutenberg 2006-04-26 Public domain in the USA. 118 Tarkington, Booth 1869 1946 Tarkington, Newton Booth Tarkington, B. (Booth) Van Loot, Cornelius Obenchain Brehm, Worth 1883 1928 Gilbert, C. Allan Gilbert, C. Allen Gentle Julia Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Gentle Julia" by Booth Tarkington is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the complex dynamics of family relations and young romantic interests, focusing primarily on the character of Julia Atwater and her interactions with her niece, Florence, and various suitors. As the characters navigate their relationships, themes of youthful innocence, societal expectations, and personal identity emerge. The opening of the book introduces us to Florence Atwater, a thirteen-year-old girl navigating her changing views on life and love. Through a dialogue with her mother, we see her reflections on physical appearance and societal perceptions, even humorously misinterpreting the implications of swallowing seeds. As she interacts with her cousin Herbert and later observes Aunt Julia, the youngest Atwater navigates her identity amid familial duties, emerging interests in romance, and the social dynamics of her setting. The humorous back-and-forth between Florence and Herbert sets the tone for the exploration of youth and the misunderstandings inherent in it, hinting at the developing relationships and social aspirations that will unfold in the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 501439 501379 2024-10-08T07:02:35.134187 2023-09-08T08:51:22.575729 text/html text/html 509786 2020-06-11T09:13:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 514587 2020-06-11T02:54:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 480928 2024-10-08T07:02:43.060639 application/epub+zip 488060 2024-10-08T07:02:36.487182 application/epub+zip 262083 2024-10-08T07:02:35.798172 application/epub+zip 639027 2024-10-08T07:02:47.817592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597709 2024-10-08T07:02:42.127164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372600 2022-09-08T15:33:16.638801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446252 446169 2024-10-08T07:02:33.732204 2023-09-08T08:51:21.251698 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 446152 2006-04-26T07:56:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171084 2006-04-26T07:56:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 446144 2006-04-26T07:56:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171031 2006-04-26T07:56:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22180 2024-10-08T07:02:47.965598 application/rdf+xml 21688 2024-10-08T07:02:35.918158 image/jpeg 3186 2024-10-08T07:02:35.857162 image/jpeg 457823 2024-10-08T07:02:35.186198 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