Project Gutenberg 2006-06-07 Public domain in the USA. 61 Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman 1860 1936 Murray, Roy Irving Keller, Arthur Ignatius 1866 1924 Keller, Arthur I. Keller, A. I. (Arthur Ignatius) Keller, A.I. August First E-text prepared by Al Haines "August First" by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews and Roy Irving Murray is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Geoffrey McBirney, a young and inexperienced curate who is left to handle the duties of a large city parish while his rector takes a summer vacation. Faced with the heavy burdens of pastoral care, he encounters a troubled young woman seeking guidance, who reveals very serious thoughts about life and death, which sets the stage for a profound exploration of hope, despair, and the complexities of human emotion. The opening of the narrative captures a hot summer day in the parish house, where McBirney struggles with the heat and the emotional challenges of his role. As he waits for parishioners to arrive, he is taken aback when a young woman unexpectedly appears; she is clearly distressed and ultimately shares her contemplation of suicide due to her terminal illness and a conflicted engagement. This gripping introduction leads to deep discussions about life, faith, and the significance of love, gradually revealing both characters' vulnerabilities. McBirney shows a growing attachment to her plight, leading him to offer a different perspective on her situation and a hope for recovery, setting the emotional tone for the rest of the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Young women -- Fiction Love stories Epistolary fiction Clergy -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 186306 184491 2024-09-08T07:57:44.840782 2023-09-08T10:00:30.739032 text/html text/html 184587 2006-06-07T08:08:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 111449 2020-12-14T01:51:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 167631 2024-09-08T07:57:49.120793 application/epub+zip 170216 2024-09-08T07:57:46.130802 application/epub+zip 127658 2024-09-08T07:57:45.322778 application/epub+zip 276372 2024-09-08T07:57:51.376774 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264560 2024-09-08T07:57:48.506800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222188 2022-09-09T04:18:11.123650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172519 172508 2024-09-08T07:57:44.427842 2023-09-08T10:00:30.372041 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 172353 2020-12-14T01:51:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 67482 2020-12-14T01:51:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 172360 2020-12-14T01:51:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 67483 2020-12-14T01:51:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21876 2024-09-08T07:57:51.518759 application/rdf+xml 12180 2024-09-08T07:57:45.686794 image/jpeg 2994 2024-09-08T07:57:45.509784 image/jpeg 166592 2024-09-08T07:57:44.861803 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 en.wikipedia