Project Gutenberg
2006-10-04
Public domain in the USA.
106
Lynde, Francis
1856
1930
The Price
Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Produced by Sam Whitehead, Suzanne Shell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
"The Price" by Francis Lynde is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on Kenneth Griswold, a passionate yet struggling writer who finds himself navigating the harsh realities of life in New Orleans. As he grapples with themes of social justice and inequality, Griswold's life takes a drastic turn when desperation drives him to commit an audacious bank robbery. The opening of the novel introduces Griswold during a farewell supper with a friend as he reflects on his failures and frustrations. We see his deep dissatisfaction with the status quo and the economic hardships that have pushed him to the brink. He engages in a fervent discussion about the plight of the poor and expresses his radical beliefs, which foreshadows his later decision to rob a bank. This initial setup not only establishes Griswold's inner turmoil and ideals but also hints at the drastic actions he will take in response to his circumstances, laying the groundwork for the moral and ethical challenges that will arise throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
en
Criminals -- Fiction
PS
Text
Browsing: Crime/Mystery
Browsing: Literature
Browsing: Fiction
737473
737444
2024-10-08T13:31:40.976750
2023-09-09T04:36:08.149433
text/html
text/html
751243
2016-09-16T05:28:58
text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
455433
2016-09-16T05:29:10
text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
application/zip
554343
2024-10-08T13:31:53.588728
application/epub+zip
560593
2024-10-08T13:31:43.861906
application/epub+zip
359124
2024-10-08T13:31:42.170743
application/epub+zip
808860
2024-10-08T13:32:00.893645
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
746170
2024-10-08T13:31:52.146710
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
517899
2022-09-09T09:36:35.749278
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
677444
677344
2024-10-08T13:31:38.769789
2023-09-09T04:36:06.286450
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
text/plain
677242
2016-09-16T05:28:56
text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
261466
2016-09-16T05:29:10
text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
application/zip
677236
2016-09-16T05:28:56
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
261384
2016-09-16T05:29:10
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
application/zip
21195
2024-10-08T13:32:01.039645
application/rdf+xml
9434
2024-10-08T13:31:42.755732
image/jpeg
2564
2024-10-08T13:31:42.457735
image/jpeg
527875
2024-10-08T13:31:41.049765
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