Project Gutenberg 2009-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 56 Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell 1857 1945 Campbell, Margaretta Wade Stephens, Alice Barber 1858 1932 Barber, Alice 07032562 An Encore Produced by Chris Curnow, Roberta Staehlin, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "An Encore" by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story navigates through themes of love, societal expectations, and the passage of time, centering on the lives of Captain Alfred Price and Letty Morris, who had a thwarted romance decades earlier. The narrative explores how their paths intertwine again in their later years after much time has passed. The narrative unfolds across two time periods—one as young lovers grappling with passionate emotions and constraints from their families, ultimately leading to a failed elopement, and later as older individuals reflecting on their past amidst the sentiments of their overzealous children. Alfred and Letty, now Mrs. North, are reunited after forty-eight years apart when the dynamics of family and societal scrutiny challenge their rekindled relationship. The storyline cleverly juxtaposes youthful folly with the wisdom of age, illustrating how love can blossom anew despite the passage of time and changing circumstances, even prompting Alfred and Letty to defy their children and marry. Their journey serves as both a commentary on the labor of love and the sometimes foolishness that comes with it as they navigate their second chance at happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Love stories Older people -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 103029 103030 2024-09-12T13:45:39.501371 2023-09-13T06:01:14.979575 text/html text/html 103377 2009-07-01T14:50:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 8313639 2009-07-01T14:50:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 8524949 2024-09-12T13:45:48.477790 application/epub+zip 8490502 2024-09-12T13:45:41.094838 application/epub+zip 96519 2024-09-12T13:45:40.033320 application/epub+zip 8497628 2024-09-12T13:45:54.123827 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8460120 2024-09-12T13:45:45.470857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131332 2022-09-13T14:34:36.832948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 80043 79917 2024-09-12T13:45:38.892356 2023-09-13T06:01:14.463572 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 79890 2009-07-01T14:50:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31234 2009-07-01T14:50:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19372 2024-09-12T13:45:54.338741 application/rdf+xml 29234 2024-09-12T13:45:40.119306 image/jpeg 4564 2024-09-12T13:45:40.076327 image/jpeg 8317969 2024-09-12T13:45:39.744328 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 en.wikipedia