Project Gutenberg 2007-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 139 Buck, Charles Neville 1879 1957 Stahr, Paul 1883 1953 Stahr, Paul C. The Tyranny of Weakness Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Garcia, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) "The Tyranny of Weakness" by Charles Neville Buck is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the turbulent emotions and societal expectations faced by the young protagonist, Stuart Farquaharson, as he navigates love and rigid family traditions in the aftermath of the Civil War. The inciting conflict arises from his feelings for Conscience Williams, a spirited girl from the North, against the backdrop of a father's strict moral and puritanical control over his daughter. The opening of the novel introduces Stuart and Conscience during their youthful banter as they face the nuances of blossoming adolescence and the weight of their family backgrounds. Stuart is torn between his noble heritage and his romantic ideals, while Conscience teases him, revealing her independent spirit. The dynamic between them unfolds through lively exchanges filled with misunderstanding and emerging affection, setting the stage for deeper themes of love, loyalty, and the impact of societal norms on personal desires. As the narrative progresses, the tension between Stuart's desires and Conscience's father's stringent expectations begins to emerge, foreshadowing the struggles that will ensue in their relationship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 593672 593679 2024-10-09T11:37:52.062132 2023-09-10T03:50:40.646987 text/html text/html 603218 2007-06-06T09:14:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 370350 2007-06-06T09:14:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 465398 2024-10-09T11:38:03.501099 application/epub+zip 470255 2024-10-09T11:37:55.744113 application/epub+zip 309804 2024-10-09T11:37:54.175128 application/epub+zip 734981 2024-10-09T11:38:09.617058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 681974 2024-10-09T11:38:02.326084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 483636 2022-09-10T08:45:04.202259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552803 552588 2024-10-09T11:37:50.417162 2023-09-10T03:50:39.264953 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 552588 2007-06-06T09:14:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 216079 2007-06-06T09:14:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 552581 2007-06-06T09:14:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 216000 2007-06-06T09:14:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21948 2024-10-09T11:38:09.769046 application/rdf+xml 13391 2024-10-09T11:37:54.745244 image/jpeg 3561 2024-10-09T11:37:54.459127 image/jpeg 445517 2024-10-09T11:37:52.122168 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 More titles under Lundsford, Hugh en.wikipedia