Project Gutenberg 2010-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 41 Shorthouse, J. H. (Joseph Henry) 1834 1903 Shorthouse, Joseph Henry The Little Schoolmaster Mark: A Spiritual Romance Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Mark C. Orton, 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) "The Little Schoolmaster Mark: A Spiritual Romance" by J. H. Shorthouse is a novel written in the late 19th century. This literary work delves into themes of innocence, spirituality, and the contrast between the simplicity of rural life and the complexity of courtly existence. The story centers around the titular character, a young schoolmaster named Mark, whose pure heart and earnest approach to life starkly contrast with the frivolity and moral ambiguity of the aristocratic world he enters. The opening of the narrative introduces us to the serene forest village where Mark has been a beloved schoolmaster. His unconventional teaching methods, which emphasize storytelling and moral lessons rather than strict discipline, have endeared him to the local children. However, he is soon swept away from his pastoral life by the Court Chaplain, who sees potential for him to educate the children of a prince. As he experiences the grandeur and superficiality of court life, he grapples with feelings of loss and dislocation, punctuated by profound encounters with those around him—including the disillusioned Princess Isoline and the enchanting Signorina Tina. This early section of the book sets the stage for Mark's internal struggle between the purity of his upbringing and the allure of the sophisticated yet morally ambiguous world of the palace. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 299895 299897 2024-10-14T07:35:39.836342 2023-09-14T11:48:06.075942 text/html text/html 301166 2010-08-10T18:08:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 100573 2010-08-10T18:08:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 198245 2024-10-14T07:35:51.358303 application/epub+zip 198749 2024-10-14T07:35:44.418331 application/epub+zip 174579 2024-10-14T07:35:42.607348 application/epub+zip 433555 2024-10-14T07:35:55.518267 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386242 2024-10-14T07:35:49.639299 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290298 2022-09-15T09:39:43.933295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236943 236747 2024-10-14T07:35:38.446382 2023-09-14T11:48:05.049011 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 236672 2010-08-10T18:08:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 88833 2010-08-10T18:08:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 236676 2010-08-10T18:08:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88778 2010-08-10T18:08:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21190 2024-10-14T07:35:55.748264 application/rdf+xml 18672 2024-10-14T07:35:43.182350 image/jpeg 4049 2024-10-14T07:35:42.892356 image/jpeg 183647 2024-10-14T07:35:39.860382 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