Project Gutenberg 2009-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 120 Sinclair, May 1863 1946 Sinclair, Mary Amelia St. Clair The Combined Maze Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Combined Maze" by May Sinclair is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows John Randall Fulleymore Ransome, affectionately known as Ranny, an ambitious young man wrestling with the constraints of his familial, societal, and personal expectations in Wandsworth, London. As a clerk confined to a dull routine, Ranny yearns for athletic prowess and a more vivid life, grappling with feelings for his friend Winny Dymond, who embodies the excitement he craves. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Ranny's background, touching upon his birth under unfortunate circumstances and his struggles against the legacy of his father's ineptness and alcoholism. Despite this, Ranny remains driven by a passion for physical fitness and the thrill of competition, a stark contrast to his mundane life. The opening details his fascination with the Polytechnic Gymnasium, a place that symbolizes his aspirations. The dynamic of his relationships is highlighted through his interactions with friends like Fred Booty and the elusive Winny, whose presence ignites a mixture of tenderness and complexity within him, setting the stage for further themes of adventure, youthful vigor, and the contrast between societal expectations and personal desires. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en London (England) -- Fiction Married people -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 620261 620278 2024-10-12T09:37:23.798760 2023-09-12T12:12:08.595811 text/html text/html 625242 2009-03-31T05:18:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 260759 2009-03-31T05:18:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 270271 2024-10-12T09:37:31.900730 application/epub+zip 279686 2024-10-12T09:37:24.833747 application/epub+zip 258172 2024-10-12T09:37:24.292740 application/epub+zip 464010 2024-10-12T09:37:37.706712 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428185 2024-10-12T09:37:31.412732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407028 2022-09-13T09:12:04.313648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592766 592668 2024-10-12T09:37:21.720765 2023-09-12T12:12:06.733773 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 592680 2009-03-31T05:18:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 221516 2009-03-31T05:18:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 592673 2009-03-31T05:18:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 221486 2009-03-31T05:18:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22067 2024-10-12T09:37:37.846670 application/rdf+xml 14028 2024-10-12T09:37:24.446749 image/jpeg 2368 2024-10-12T09:37:24.400745 image/jpeg 261371 2024-10-12T09:37:23.858739 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