Project Gutenberg 2009-05-08 Public domain in the USA. 54 Howells, William Dean 1837 1920 Howells, W. D. (William Dean) Howells, William D. (William Dean) A Boy's Town Reading ease score: 62.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "A Boy's Town" by William Dean Howells is a nostalgic novel written in the late 19th century. This work reflects on the innocence and complexity of boyhood as experienced through the eyes of the narrator, who draws on his childhood memories of a small town setting. The narrative seeks to capture the essence of boyhood adventures and the environment that shaped them." "At the start of the novel, the author introduces the concept of the "Boy's Town," emphasizing how the world appears to a boy aged between three and eleven. It paints a vivid picture of the setting—complete with rivers, canals, and plenty of outdoor adventures. The narrator recounts various experiences, much like a nostalgic reverie, recalling interactions with family, school life, and the myriad activities that occupied boys of his time, all while highlighting a certain innocence and misunderstanding inherent to childhood." (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Boys -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 483778 483827 2024-10-12T11:12:57.774803 2023-09-12T13:23:55.605711 text/html text/html 480058 2009-05-08T16:42:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1258598 2009-05-08T16:42:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1298606 2024-10-12T11:13:03.893758 application/epub+zip 1304162 2024-10-12T11:12:58.840809 application/epub+zip 257879 2024-10-12T11:12:58.343765 application/epub+zip 1429269 2024-10-12T11:13:08.225743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1384946 2024-10-12T11:13:03.266763 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341699 2022-09-13T10:50:32.454026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 439396 439169 2024-10-12T11:12:57.041762 2023-09-12T13:23:54.978710 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 439286 2009-05-08T16:42:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 164582 2009-05-08T16:42:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 439279 2009-05-08T16:42:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 164564 2009-05-08T16:42:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21362 2024-10-12T11:13:08.401721 application/rdf+xml 17926 2024-10-12T11:12:58.422772 image/jpeg 2194 2024-10-12T11:12:58.382759 image/jpeg 1260054 2024-10-12T11:12:57.866764 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