Project Gutenberg 2010-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 59 Barr, Amelia E. 1831 1919 Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Katherine Ward and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance" by Amelia E. Barr is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Peter Van Hoosen, a skilled stone builder influenced by his Dutch Calvinist upbringing, and his beloved daughter Adriana. The narrative explores themes of family, responsibilities, and the emotional complexities of social relationships as Adriana navigates her education, friendships, and budding romance while facing personal challenges. The opening of the novel introduces Peter and his deep bond with his daughter Adriana, emphasizing his pride in her academic achievements and beauty. As Peter encourages Adriana’s aspirations for higher education, the narrative hints at the changing dynamics between the two, especially with their interactions with the wealthy Filmer family. As Adriana develops feelings for Harry Filmer, the story presents intricate social tensions around class and the struggle between personal desires and societal expectations. Through the reflection of the Van Hoosen family life and their relationships with the Filmers, the stage is set for exploring themes of forgiveness, love, and societal judgment in the chapters that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Fiction 542954 542677 2024-11-14T06:27:53.642770 2023-09-14T10:58:09.178300 text/html text/html 564766 2010-07-17T22:39:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 203029 2010-07-17T22:40:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 291106 2024-11-14T06:28:04.468210 application/epub+zip 302617 2024-11-14T06:27:57.483742 application/epub+zip 281129 2024-11-14T06:27:55.999773 application/epub+zip 558298 2024-11-14T06:28:09.400182 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558806 2024-11-14T06:28:03.491250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526567 2022-09-15T08:27:52.092843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492252 492026 2024-11-14T06:27:52.231788 2023-09-14T10:58:08.060386 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 491868 2010-07-17T22:35:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 188721 2010-07-17T22:35:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 491877 2010-07-17T22:35:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 188699 2010-07-17T22:35:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21185 2024-11-14T06:28:09.536165 application/rdf+xml 17466 2024-11-14T06:27:56.563744 image/jpeg 3722 2024-11-14T06:27:56.278740 image/jpeg 285604 2024-11-14T06:27:53.688774 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