Project Gutenberg 2006-07-31 Public domain in the USA. 66 Townsend, Mary Ashley 1832 1901 Xariffa Townsend, Mary Ashley Van Voorhis The brother clerks : $b a tale of New-Orleans Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Sjaani and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by the Wright American Fiction Project.) "The Brother Clerks: A Tale of New-Orleans" by Mary Ashley Townsend is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story follows two brothers, Arthur and Gulian Pratt, who embark on a journey from New York to New Orleans to find work as clerks following a devastating family tragedy that leaves them on the brink of poverty. As they navigate their new surroundings, the narrative delves into themes of brotherhood, resilience, and the challenges of adapting to a harsh and unfamiliar environment. At the start of the tale, the brothers arrive on a steamer, filled with hope but also apprehension about their future. Arthur, the elder and more confident of the two, is determined to succeed for the sake of their mother, while Gulian, the younger, is filled with anxiety about their new employer, Mr. Delancey. The opening chapters introduce their contrasting personalities, establishing a deep bond between them and hinting at the trials they will face in the bustling city. As the brothers settle into their new roles, the narrative foreshadows the challenges they will encounter, both in their professional lives and personal integrity in a morally complex environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 584965 584581 2024-10-08T10:43:18.029545 2023-09-08T11:46:49.274740 text/html text/html 592253 2006-07-31T15:53:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 215774 2006-07-31T15:53:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 308372 2024-10-08T10:43:30.282445 application/epub+zip 312714 2024-10-08T10:43:21.971484 application/epub+zip 294977 2024-10-08T10:43:20.064497 application/epub+zip 528564 2024-10-08T10:43:36.294409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462459 2024-10-08T10:43:28.660463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437468 2022-09-09T06:49:47.531021 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525984 525775 2024-10-08T10:43:16.217569 2023-09-08T11:46:47.735016 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 525859 2006-07-31T15:53:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 201719 2006-07-31T15:53:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 525850 2006-07-31T15:53:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 201697 2006-07-31T15:53:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21619 2024-10-08T10:43:36.437404 application/rdf+xml 12096 2024-10-08T10:43:20.857490 image/jpeg 3071 2024-10-08T10:43:20.504493 image/jpeg 286477 2024-10-08T10:43:18.079517 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