Project Gutenberg 2009-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 154 Erskine, Payne 1854 1924 Erskine, Emma Payne Gibbs, George 1870 1942 Gibbs, George Fort The Eye of Dread Reading ease score: 88.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Eye of Dread" by Payne Erskine is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on the Ballard family, particularly the imaginative and sensitive young girl, Betty, as she navigates a world filled with her vivid fantasies and the stark realities of life during a tumultuous period marked by the Civil War. As the narrative unfolds, themes of innocence, war, family, and the struggle for personal identity emerge against a backdrop of changing societal norms. The opening portion of the book introduces us to Betty's enchanting childhood, filled with wonder and the stirrings of creativity as she perceives fairies and griffins in everyday life. As she plays in the garden at her family's home, we see her grappling with her conscience and the responsibilities of growing up—as well as her connection to her absorbing world of imagination. The narrative hints at the reality of the larger world, particularly the looming presence of the Civil War, which influences the lives of her family and friends, including young soldiers like Peter Junior and Richard Kildene. The contrasting themes of childhood innocence and the harsh realities of adult life begin to take shape, setting the stage for the character development and emotional depth that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 913972 913983 2024-10-13T03:39:17.017197 2023-09-13T08:44:57.175665 text/html text/html 971101 2021-01-05T16:39:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 474633 2024-10-13T03:39:30.249618 application/epub+zip 492530 2024-10-13T03:39:19.892700 application/epub+zip 416401 2024-10-13T03:39:18.138726 application/epub+zip 775443 2024-10-13T03:39:37.995650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 754236 2024-10-13T03:39:29.161673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 654872 2022-09-14T04:08:53.077748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 811624 2023-09-13T08:44:55.024655 text/plain 21730 2024-10-13T03:39:38.152590 application/rdf+xml 10663 2024-10-13T03:39:18.776692 image/jpeg 3035 2024-10-13T03:39:18.427685 image/jpeg 460879 2024-10-13T03:39:17.099689 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