Project Gutenberg 2007-01-14 Public domain in the USA. 55 Austin, Mary 1868 1934 Austin, Mary Hunter Grant, Gordon 1875 1962 Grant, Gordon H. 13023198 The Lovely Lady Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Hillie Plantinga and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Lovely Lady" by Mary Austin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Peter, a young man burdened by familial responsibilities and the weight of a mortgage he must contend with, while he navigates his dreams of wealth and a deeper connection with life and potentially love. The narrative hints at his encounters with a Lovely Lady, embodying an ideal that contrasts sharply with his everyday struggles. The opening of "The Lovely Lady" introduces Peter, who is seen reflecting on his life's hardships while engaged in simple family interactions. He shares an animated exchange with his sister Ellen while preparing for a picnic they can't fully attend due to their financial constraints. As Peter daydreams about a heroic picture of a knight slaying a dragon, we learn that this dragon symbolizes his mortgage and the oppression of poverty that hangs over him and his family. The chapter sets up a theme of longing and aspiration, as Peter contemplates the meanings of wealth, love, and the intricacies of his obligations while yearning for a future that feels increasingly distant. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 332630 332623 2024-10-09T05:11:29.413692 2023-09-09T07:48:08.401651 text/html text/html 335827 2021-01-01T17:43:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 515551 2021-01-01T17:43:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 421561 2024-10-09T05:11:37.052658 application/epub+zip 423083 2024-10-09T05:11:31.870669 application/epub+zip 197962 2024-10-09T05:11:30.203703 application/epub+zip 985030 2024-10-09T05:11:40.880134 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 949593 2024-10-09T05:11:35.922666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292441 2022-09-09T14:12:11.723818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302059 301845 2024-10-09T05:11:28.627721 2023-09-09T07:48:07.790642 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 301915 2021-01-01T17:43:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 114268 2021-01-01T17:43:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 301907 2021-01-01T17:43:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 114243 2021-01-01T17:43:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21961 2024-10-09T05:11:41.105119 application/rdf+xml 11729 2024-10-09T05:11:30.754685 image/jpeg 3156 2024-10-09T05:11:30.476684 image/jpeg 583963 2024-10-09T05:11:29.452696 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