Project Gutenberg 2006-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 84 Prouty, Olive Higgins 1882 1974 Higgins, Olive Chapin Flagg, James Montgomery 1877 1960 Flagg, J. Montgomery The Fifth Wheel: A Novel Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Jacqueline Jeremy, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Fifth Wheel: A Novel" by Olive Higgins Prouty is a fiction work written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Ruth Vars, a young woman navigating the social complexities and expectations of her upper-class New England community. As she makes her social debut and maneuvers through her relationships, particularly with the wealthy Breckenridge Sewall, Ruth confronts the challenges of balancing personal desires with societal ambitions. At the start of the novel, Ruth is introduced as she walks alone in the countryside, reflecting on her life and the pressures of her debut. She describes her upbringing, the expectations placed upon her to succeed socially, and her complicated relationship with her sister-in-law, Edith. As Ruth prepares for her coming-out party, she grapples with feelings of ambition and the weight of familial expectations, all while hinting at her first encounter with Breck. This opening sets the tone for a story about self-discovery, societal influence, and the quest for personal meaning within the confines of social norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 466757 466777 2024-10-08T13:20:28.222612 2023-09-09T04:27:38.536719 text/html text/html 473667 2006-10-02T08:10:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 532370 2006-10-02T08:10:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 541073 2024-10-08T13:20:39.359069 application/epub+zip 545191 2024-10-08T13:20:32.175662 application/epub+zip 254084 2024-10-08T13:20:30.404620 application/epub+zip 848368 2024-10-08T13:20:44.635036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 801446 2024-10-08T13:20:37.920597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396481 2022-09-09T09:26:06.535275 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426510 426381 2024-10-08T13:20:26.833618 2023-09-09T04:27:37.377705 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 426330 2006-10-02T08:10:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 166681 2006-10-02T08:10:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 426323 2006-10-02T08:10:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 166614 2006-10-02T08:10:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22678 2024-10-08T13:20:44.790039 application/rdf+xml 11739 2024-10-08T13:20:31.073617 image/jpeg 3223 2024-10-08T13:20:30.737610 image/jpeg 606459 2024-10-08T13:20:28.274645 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