Project Gutenberg 2009-01-30 Public domain in the USA. 71 Munsey, Frank Andrew 1854 1925 Munsey, Frank A. Under Fire: A Tale of New England Village Life Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "Under Fire: A Tale of New England Village Life" by Frank Andrew Munsey is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in the quaint New England village of Mapleton, it explores themes of social class, friendship, and youthful ambition as it follows the life of Fred Worthington, a young boy navigating the complexities of social status, rivalry, and coming-of-age challenges against the backdrop of small-town dynamics. The opening portion of the novel introduces us to the boys of Mapleton, engaging in lively discussions about a local baseball game and a party hosted by Grace Bernard, a prominent figure in their social sphere. Through these conversations, Fred Worthington emerges as the central character, caught in the crosshairs of social prejudice fueled by Matthew De Vere, a rival who harbors resentment towards Fred's intelligence and budding friendship with the charming Nellie Dutton. As tension escalates with De Vere's malicious intentions, the stage is set for Fred's impending conflict as he struggles against societal expectations and strives to earn his place among peers, leading to a narrative ripe with emotional and moral complexities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New England -- Fiction Villages -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 351092 342268 2024-12-12T06:37:33.121426 2023-09-12T09:46:59.031638 text/html text/html 346416 2021-01-04T16:51:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 119164 2021-01-04T16:51:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 215399 2024-12-12T06:37:44.002354 application/epub+zip 219913 2024-12-12T06:37:37.356392 application/epub+zip 196748 2024-12-12T06:37:35.706419 application/epub+zip 449446 2024-12-12T06:37:48.440388 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405382 2024-12-12T06:37:42.694364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310947 2022-09-13T05:55:22.655278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303244 303006 2024-12-12T06:37:31.422440 2023-09-12T09:46:57.939650 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 302994 2021-01-04T16:51:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111325 2021-01-04T16:51:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19803 2024-12-12T06:37:48.585352 application/rdf+xml 17506 2024-12-12T06:37:36.308391 image/jpeg 3940 2024-12-12T06:37:36.002410 image/jpeg 200697 2024-12-12T06:37:33.151422 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