Project Gutenberg 2008-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 73 More, Paul Elmer 1864 1937 Harris, Corra 1869 1935 Harris, Corra May White White, Corra May 04012091 The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance" by Paul Elmer More and Corra Harris is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book revolves around an exchange of letters between Jessica Doane, a young aspiring writer from Georgia, and Philip Towers, an editor in New York. Their correspondence explores themes of love, literature, and the philosophical dilemmas surrounding ambition and sacrifice, presenting the growing intimacy and emotional complexity of their relationship. The opening of the novel sets the tone for the epistolary format, introducing the characters through their letters. In his first letter, Philip reflects on the nature of literature and expresses concern for Jessica's ambition to dedicate her life to writing, warning her about the difficulties she might face. He seems to harbor deep feelings for her, though veiled behind editorials and philosophies. Jessica candidly shares her experiences during her visit to New York and her perceptions of Philip, revealing her initial fears and aspirations. The letters develop a rich dialogue, blending humor, earnestness, and intellectual discourse, hinting at the profound connection forming between these two individuals as they navigate their personal and artistic identities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Editors -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 354189 354178 2024-10-11T10:30:23.268548 2023-09-12T03:55:32.807116 text/html text/html 359421 2008-09-04T07:16:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 129602 2008-09-04T07:16:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 220569 2024-10-11T10:30:33.219465 application/epub+zip 224609 2024-10-11T10:30:27.072447 application/epub+zip 205758 2024-10-11T10:30:25.654482 application/epub+zip 460352 2024-10-11T10:30:37.718917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426112 2024-10-11T10:30:32.254430 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324901 2022-09-12T09:58:41.292394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301971 301888 2024-10-11T10:30:22.440478 2023-09-12T03:55:32.207101 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 301880 2008-09-04T07:16:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 117600 2008-09-04T07:16:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 301883 2008-09-04T07:16:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 117555 2008-09-04T07:16:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21716 2024-10-11T10:30:37.864896 application/rdf+xml 20069 2024-10-11T10:30:26.223453 image/jpeg 4699 2024-10-11T10:30:25.937461 image/jpeg 210538 2024-10-11T10:30:23.300490 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