Project Gutenberg 2009-11-09 Public domain in the USA. 76 Douglas, Amanda M. 1831 1916 Douglas, Amanda Minnie Hope Mills; Or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charlene Taylor, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Hope Mills; Or, Between Friend and Sweetheart" by Amanda M. Douglas is a novel set in the late 19th century. The book revolves around the lives of Jack Darcy and Frederic De Woolfe Lawrence, two boys from different social backgrounds who form a deep friendship during their childhood but gradually drift apart as they grow older and face the realities of their respective lives. The narrative explores themes of class disparity, personal ambition, and the tensions of transitioning from childhood to adulthood. At the start of this story, we are introduced to Jack, the son of a mill worker, and Fred, the son of a wealthy mill owner. Through their playful interactions, we see Jack's strong character and affection for Fred, despite the differences in their social status. The beginning serves to set up the contrasting paths they will follow, with Jack feeling restless and unsatisfied with his life, while Fred’s privileged upbringing offers him a more structured future. Their friendship faces challenges as societal expectations and personal aspirations come into play, hinting at the complexities that will shape their futures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30436/30436-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 778572 778514 2024-11-13T05:26:42.846340 2023-09-13T10:17:48.836401 text/html text/html 785154 2009-11-09T10:29:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 397400 2009-11-09T10:29:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 422818 2024-11-13T05:26:53.246289 application/epub+zip 433147 2024-11-13T05:26:44.418354 application/epub+zip 392226 2024-11-13T05:26:43.625325 application/epub+zip 695255 2024-11-13T05:27:00.198252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 629270 2024-11-13T05:26:52.257295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554863 2022-09-14T06:19:10.034998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 715344 715126 2024-10-13T05:37:38.925927 2023-09-13T10:17:47.126354 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 715114 2009-11-09T10:29:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 281529 2009-11-09T10:29:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 715114 2009-11-09T10:29:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 281458 2009-11-09T10:29:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21433 2024-11-13T05:27:00.342224 application/rdf+xml 24714 2024-11-13T05:26:43.729306 image/jpeg 3060 2024-11-13T05:26:43.678328 image/jpeg 395707 2024-11-13T05:26:42.920361 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