Project Gutenberg 2006-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 133 Howells, William Dean 1837 1920 Howells, W. D. (William Dean) Howells, William D. (William Dean) A Pair of Patient Lovers Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. A pair of patient lovers -- The pursuit of the piano -- A difficult case -- The magic of a voice -- A circle in the water. E-text prepared by David Edwards, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Pair of Patient Lovers" by William Dean Howells is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the lives of various characters intertwined by romance and social circumstances, particularly focusing on the relationships and emotional complexities faced by an engaged couple, Arthur Glendenning and Edith Bentley. Their engagement becomes a central theme as it is fraught with external pressures, notably from Edith's mother, who poses a significant obstacle to their union. The opening of the novel introduces us to a couple, the Marches, enjoying a boat trip down the St. Lawrence River, where they encounter the handsome clergyman Glendenning. What begins as a casual interaction soon reveals deeper currents as Mrs. March speculates about Glendenning’s interest in a fellow passenger, Edith Bentley, and hints at romantic entanglements that may unfold over the course of their journey. As the Marches observe the developing connection between Glendenning and Bentley, themes of love, duty, and the complexities of relationships begin to emerge, setting the stage for the emotional struggles that will reflect the characters' desires against societal expectations throughout the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 466611 466484 2024-10-08T08:51:11.345934 2023-09-08T10:17:00.087229 text/html text/html 468230 2006-06-16T13:41:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 171277 2006-06-16T13:41:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 250170 2024-10-08T08:51:20.197892 application/epub+zip 256067 2024-10-08T08:51:14.692014 application/epub+zip 242613 2024-10-08T08:51:13.347914 application/epub+zip 445330 2024-10-08T08:51:24.437864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427071 2024-10-08T08:51:19.306930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389430 2022-09-09T04:42:22.116219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449977 449885 2024-10-08T08:51:10.400945 2023-09-08T10:16:59.338219 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 449756 2006-06-16T13:29:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 167116 2006-06-16T13:29:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 449766 2006-06-16T13:29:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 167096 2006-06-16T13:29:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21460 2024-10-08T08:51:24.565853 application/rdf+xml 12487 2024-10-08T08:51:13.894905 image/jpeg 3363 2024-10-08T08:51:13.618909 image/jpeg 246140 2024-10-08T08:51:11.387953 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