Project Gutenberg 2007-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 71 King, Charles 1844 1933 A War-Time Wooing: A Story Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A War-Time Wooing" by Captain Charles King is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story explores themes of love and sacrifice, primarily through the characters of Bessie Warren, a young girl mourning the death of her brother, and Lieutenant Paul Revere Abbot, a soldier whose correspondence with Bessie becomes a poignant thread in their lives. As war rages, personal connections are deepened and complicated by the harsh realities of military life and loss. At the start of the tale, the narrative introduces us to Bessie Warren and her father, Doctor Warren, at a suburban train station as they await news from the frontlines. Bessie is revealed to be experiencing developing feelings for Lieutenant Abbot, a soldier who has only interacted with her through letters, igniting a hope that is entwined with the ongoing war. The opening hints at the emotional turmoil caused by war when Doctor Warren finds himself reconciling his daughter's affection for a stranger with the deep grief of having lost his own son to the battlefield. Such dynamics are set against a backdrop of military camaraderie, duty, and the unfolding tragedy of the war, suggesting a rich exploration of how personal narratives collide with larger historical events. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction PS Text US Civil War Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 281374 281171 2024-10-10T06:01:59.477799 2023-09-10T09:09:20.918743 text/html text/html 284079 2007-10-06T15:26:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 417294 2021-01-03T02:44:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 447962 2024-10-10T06:02:03.835758 application/epub+zip 449405 2024-10-10T06:02:00.177859 application/epub+zip 149297 2024-10-10T06:01:59.808790 application/epub+zip 540561 2024-10-10T06:02:06.946799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509881 2024-10-10T06:02:03.458785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210769 2022-09-10T15:51:17.511631 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256523 256421 2024-10-10T06:01:58.865815 2023-09-10T09:09:20.380744 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 256217 2021-01-03T02:44:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 99761 2021-01-03T02:44:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 256225 2021-01-03T02:44:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99753 2021-01-03T02:44:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21801 2024-10-10T06:02:07.085741 application/rdf+xml 13603 2024-10-10T06:01:59.897802 image/jpeg 2106 2024-10-10T06:01:59.857780 image/jpeg 415831 2024-10-10T06:01:59.524788 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