Project Gutenberg 2010-03-26 Public domain in the USA. 79 Perram, Annie Frances For John's Sake, and Other Stories. Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. For John's sake -- How the foe crept in -- The committee's decision -- The right hand that offended -- "Out of the way" -- Tim Maloney's pig -- The mother's mistake -- The children's supper -- Roland West's mark -- How a husband was lost and found -- Downward steps -- How Jarvis was saved -- Why the angels rejoiced. Produced by Chris Curnow, Lindy Walsh, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "For John's Sake, and Other Stories" by Annie Frances Perram is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The narratives focus on characters grappling with personal and social issues, particularly the effects of alcohol and the importance of abstinence, highlighting the struggles between temptation and commitment. The central character in the title story, "For John's Sake," is Ruth, a parlour-maid who is determined to maintain her pledge of total abstinence for the sake of her fiancé, John, a gardener. The opening of this work introduces Ruth and John as they are engaged and filled with hopes of a future together. However, their relationship is tested when Ruth's commitment to abstain from alcohol contrasts sharply with John's brother, Dick, who has just returned from Australia with a wild lifestyle that threatens John's sobriety. The tension escalates as Ruth expresses her fears for John's wellbeing should he succumb to his brother’s influence, leading to compelling dialogues about trust, personal resolve, and the specter of addiction within their lives. This setup effectively foreshadows the deeper themes of love, sacrifice, and the societal challenges of alcohol consumption that permeate the stories in this collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/31785/31785-h/images/icover.jpg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31785/31785-h/images/icover.jpg en Short stories, English Temperance -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 312161 312211 2024-10-13T12:44:41.847291 2023-09-14T06:02:09.686400 text/html text/html 311277 2021-01-06T09:36:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 743326 2021-01-06T09:36:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 758018 2024-10-13T12:44:48.439211 application/epub+zip 760192 2024-10-13T12:44:43.319260 application/epub+zip 174265 2024-10-13T12:44:42.369253 application/epub+zip 1377744 2024-10-13T12:44:52.376218 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1339347 2024-10-13T12:44:47.508237 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246649 2022-09-14T14:48:09.313975 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272642 272534 2024-10-13T12:44:40.898278 2023-09-14T06:02:08.864395 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 272475 2021-01-06T09:36:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105685 2021-01-06T09:36:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19720 2024-10-13T12:44:52.515192 application/rdf+xml 31307 2024-10-13T12:44:42.452255 image/jpeg 3728 2024-10-13T12:44:42.411247 image/jpeg 739887 2024-10-13T12:44:41.980290 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