Project Gutenberg 2007-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 77 Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) 1854 1909 Crawford, Francis Marion Adam Johnstone's Son Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Bruce Albrecht, Louise Pryor, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Adam Johnstone's Son" by F. Marion Crawford is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Clare Bowring and her mother, Mrs. Bowring, who are navigating their lives following the death of Mrs. Bowring's first husband, Captain Bowring. As they recuperate in Amalfi, their interactions reveal complex dynamics of memory, class, and emerging relationships. At the start of the novel, Clare and her mother engage in a poignant conversation about the nature of memory and past relationships, leading Clare to reflect on her father's absence. Their peace is disrupted by the arrival of guests from a yacht, particularly by the interaction between Clare and a young man named Brook Johnstone. Through exchanges about life, relationships, and social dynamics, the narrative introduces themes of youth, innocence, and the harsh realities of adult love, revealed dramatically as Clare witnesses Brook's troubled conversation with a married woman, Lady Fan. This glimpse into adult complexities leaves Clare grappling with her understanding of love and trust, setting up the emotional tension that will develop throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Love stories Divorce -- Fiction English -- Italy -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 404635 404488 2024-10-09T15:38:53.691548 2023-09-10T06:55:44.562081 text/html text/html 431477 2007-08-29T15:24:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 289822 2021-01-02T21:54:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 291265 2024-10-09T15:38:59.415485 application/epub+zip 297853 2024-10-09T15:38:54.787488 application/epub+zip 205881 2024-10-09T15:38:54.341686 application/epub+zip 400315 2024-10-09T15:39:03.245457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374268 2024-10-09T15:38:58.992499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288420 2022-09-10T13:09:52.450433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360537 360443 2024-10-09T15:38:52.600499 2023-09-10T06:55:43.699102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 360270 2021-01-02T21:54:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 130324 2021-01-02T21:54:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 360278 2021-01-02T21:54:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130322 2021-01-02T21:54:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21960 2024-10-09T15:39:03.420464 application/rdf+xml 16004 2024-10-09T15:38:54.428497 image/jpeg 2933 2024-10-09T15:38:54.386501 image/jpeg 285766 2024-10-09T15:38:53.732505 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