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 Project Gutenberg 2009-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 125 Locke, William John 1863 1930 Locke, William J. (William John) Locke, W. J. (William John) The Rough Road E-text prepared by David Clarke, Barbara Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team http://www.pgdp.net) "The Rough Road" by William John Locke is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the life of James Marmaduke Trevor, affectionately known as "Doggie," who is depicted as a rather sheltered and effeminate young man shaped by the overprotective upbringing of his mother. As world events unfold, including the backdrop of World War I, the narrative explores Doggie's transition from a life of delicate comforts to confronting the stark realities of war. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Doggie’s pampered childhood in the quaint cathedral town of Durdlebury, where he is raised in isolation and kept away from the roughness of life. His upbringing, laden with maternal affection and excessive care, leads to his naivety about the world. As the war looms, Doggie is reluctantly compelled to navigate this new, unpredictable reality, grappling with his own identity, family connections—particularly with his cousin Oliver, a figure of contrasting masculinity—and the intricate social dynamics revolving around love and duty. This opening segment sets the stage for themes of personal growth, societal expectations, and the profound changes brought about by the war, indicating a journey of self-discovery for Doggie amid the chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 653525 653367 2024-09-12T05:26:43.408580 2023-09-12T09:01:33.586584 text/html text/html 648093 2009-01-12T15:10:21 text/html; charset=utf-8 243440 2009-01-12T15:11:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 335644 2024-09-12T05:26:53.562504 application/epub+zip 332174 2024-09-12T05:26:45.268511 application/epub+zip 332172 2024-09-12T05:26:44.193598 application/epub+zip 517393 2024-09-12T05:26:59.785454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474317 2024-09-12T05:26:52.718507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474606 2022-09-13T04:51:32.128513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 581605 581490 2024-09-12T05:26:42.243561 2023-09-12T09:01:32.484534 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 581184 2009-01-12T15:06:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 228908 2009-01-12T15:06:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 581201 2009-01-12T15:06:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 228723 2009-01-12T15:06:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20257 2024-09-12T05:26:59.929437 application/rdf+xml 10653 2024-09-12T05:26:44.568517 image/jpeg 2977 2024-09-12T05:26:44.382516 image/jpeg 287368 2024-09-12T05:26:43.467567 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia