Project Gutenberg 2008-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 164 Brown, Alice 1857 1948 Country Neighbors The play house -- His first wife -- A flower of April -- The auction -- Saturday night -- A grief deferred -- The challenge -- Partners -- Flowers of paradise -- Gardener Jim -- The silver tea-set -- The other Mrs. Dill -- The advocate -- The masquerade -- A poetess in spring -- The master minds of history. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Jacqueline Jeremy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Country Neighbors" by Alice Brown is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores the lives of rural inhabitants, focusing on character interactions and emotional landscapes. The narrative begins with Amelia Maxwell, a solitary seamstress whose life is interwoven with the grand "great house" and her memories of a past romance, setting the stage for themes of nostalgia and connection. At the start of the book, Amelia is introduced as she reflects on her simple yet rich life working for old lady Knowles in her grand home. Living a quiet life in the shadow of her memories, Amelia unexpectedly encounters Jared Beale, an old acquaintance from her youth, which stirs up a mix of emotions and memories. Their meeting unfolds within the familiar, enchanted garden that carries significant meaning for Amelia, leading to a tender yet complex conversation about their pasts and present circumstances. This encounter brings to light the themes of longing, connection, and the passage of time, hinting at the emotional depth and relational dynamics that will likely be explored throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Country life -- Fiction American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 502458 502317 2024-09-10T12:01:55.196098 2023-09-11T05:21:52.143604 text/html text/html 511737 2008-02-07T13:56:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 292714 2008-02-07T13:58:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 309846 2024-09-10T12:02:02.438082 application/epub+zip 313729 2024-09-10T12:01:56.323087 application/epub+zip 271693 2024-09-10T12:01:55.759136 application/epub+zip 459280 2024-09-10T12:02:07.123120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 420078 2024-09-10T12:02:01.775076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378673 2022-09-11T10:37:40.394153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461488 461390 2024-09-10T12:01:53.775133 2023-09-11T05:21:50.842607 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 461258 2008-02-07T13:53:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 175832 2008-02-07T13:53:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 461265 2008-02-07T13:53:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 175826 2008-02-07T13:53:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20760 2024-09-10T12:02:07.274051 application/rdf+xml 14878 2024-09-10T12:01:55.863105 image/jpeg 2359 2024-09-10T12:01:55.813088 image/jpeg 287806 2024-09-10T12:01:55.245097 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