Project Gutenberg 2007-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 77 Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller 1831 1885 Gray, Walter T. Fuller, Metta Victoria James, Orrin, Mrs. Kennedy, Rose Peabody, Mark, Mrs. Regester, Seeley Register, Seeley Victor, M. V. (Metta Victoria) Victor, Metta V. Victor, Mrs. M. V. The Blunders of a Bashful Man Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Mark C. Orton, Linda McKeown, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Blunders of a Bashful Man" by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor is a humorous novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative follows John Flutter, a painfully bashful young man who constantly finds himself in awkward and embarrassing situations due to his extreme shyness. The story unfolds through a series of events that highlight his misadventures, particularly in social settings and romantic pursuits. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to John's struggles with his bashfulness as he prepares to attend a picnic. His anxiety is palpable, and despite his sincere desire for companionship—especially with the charming Belle Marigold—his clumsy attempts at social interaction lead to a series of mishaps, from falling while assisting Belle to accidentally plunging into a pond. As we see John's life unfold in Babbletown, the opening portion sets the stage for both comedic and relatable explorations of anxiety and romantic longing, as he deals with the consequences of his social faux pas and laments his inability to connect with others comfortably. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous stories Young men -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 301950 301891 2024-10-09T07:13:54.223598 2023-09-09T09:23:27.990544 text/html text/html 307275 2016-09-10T03:59:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 976398 2016-09-10T03:59:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1023684 2024-10-09T07:14:00.697496 application/epub+zip 1024090 2024-10-09T07:13:55.384503 application/epub+zip 194036 2024-10-09T07:13:54.796515 application/epub+zip 1171868 2024-10-09T07:14:05.218465 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1111715 2024-10-09T07:14:00.053694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285421 2022-09-10T03:53:00.903698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263901 263771 2024-10-09T07:13:53.086539 2023-09-09T09:23:27.156513 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 263795 2016-09-10T03:59:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 103701 2016-09-10T03:59:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 263787 2016-09-10T03:59:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 103680 2016-09-10T03:59:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 15595869 2007-03-06T14:20:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 23260 2024-10-09T07:14:05.405444 application/rdf+xml 26173 2024-10-09T07:13:54.896512 image/jpeg 4106 2024-10-09T07:13:54.845501 image/jpeg 979241 2024-10-09T07:13:54.315553 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