Project Gutenberg 2009-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 78 Parrish, Randall 1858 1923 Kinney, Margaret West 1872 1952 Kinney, Troy 1871 1938 Kinneys, The Beyond the Frontier: A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Beyond the Frontier: A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West" by Randall Parrish is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of early American frontier life, the story centers around Adele la Chesnayne, a young woman caught in the turbulent personal and political intrigues of her time. Adele's life becomes complicated as she navigates her feelings towards the handsome Sieur Rene de Artigny, while being pressured into a marriage with the duplicitous Commissaire Cassion, reflecting the struggles between loyalty, ambition, and familial duty. At the start of the novel, Adele seeks a moment of peace away from her uncle's conversations with Cassion, who is planning a treacherous mission into the wilderness. Memories of the Sieur de Artigny, whom she met three years ago, flood her mind as she recalls her attachment to him. When De Artigny arrives unexpectedly, their interaction reveals a lingering connection, but it is overshadowed by Cassion’s ulterior motives and her uncle's plans for a forced marriage. The opening chapters effectively establish the tension and drama that will unfold as Adele grapples with her precarious situation and the machinations of those around her, foreshadowing a deep conflict between her desires and the constraints imposed by her guardianship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Middle West -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 643842 601518 2024-09-13T04:52:28.905024 2023-09-13T09:50:26.561541 text/html text/html 640421 2024-04-08T12:57:03 text/html 400178 2024-09-13T04:52:38.896019 application/epub+zip 414019 2024-09-13T04:52:30.902989 application/epub+zip 304355 2024-09-13T04:52:29.742007 application/epub+zip 750101 2024-09-13T04:52:44.950943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 715529 2024-09-13T04:52:38.014012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507346 2022-09-14T05:42:12.953541 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527240 527310 2024-09-13T04:52:26.552079 2023-09-13T09:50:25.047554 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 507228 2024-04-08T12:57:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17144 2024-09-13T04:52:45.098925 application/rdf+xml 22904 2024-09-13T04:52:30.126001 image/jpeg 4509 2024-09-13T04:52:29.931995 image/jpeg 393453 2024-09-13T04:52:28.962049 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