Project Gutenberg 2011-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 50 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia) 1810 1886 Stephens, Ann Sophia Winterbotham Slick, Jonathan Silent Struggles Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Roberta Staehlin, Mary Meehan, and the 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) "Silent Struggles" by Ann S. Stephens is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story appears to revolve around themes of bravery, fate, and the interconnectedness of lives amid adversity, focusing on characters brought together by a tumultuous storm. As the plot unfolds, the narrative suggests rich developments involving both personal challenges and broader historical contexts. The opening of the novel introduces a dramatic storm in Boston, where two contrasting figures—a young man and an older minister—find themselves drawn together on a hill overlooking the chaotic harbor. They both await a ship’s arrival, feeling an inexplicable connection to it. The mention of a distressed vessel prepares the reader for the unfolding drama involving a brave young woman, Barbara Stafford, who faces peril in her desperate escape from a life-threatening situation at sea, adding layers of tension and urgency to their encounter. As the storm rages, both men exhibit courage, with the youth ultimately diving into the tumultuous waters to save Barbara, hinting at deep emotional bonds that will likely develop as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 764762 764501 2024-10-15T10:10:06.101983 2023-09-16T03:39:25.579485 text/html text/html 772981 2011-05-03T12:09:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 283160 2011-05-03T12:11:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 360169 2024-10-15T10:10:17.417911 application/epub+zip 370276 2024-10-15T10:10:08.699957 application/epub+zip 370276 2024-10-15T10:10:07.161916 application/epub+zip 674308 2024-10-15T10:10:24.415866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 630344 2024-10-15T10:10:16.324937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 603790 2022-09-16T13:04:21.489617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 733694 733470 2024-10-15T10:10:04.110028 2023-09-16T03:39:23.619412 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 733355 2011-05-03T12:05:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 277409 2011-05-03T12:05:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19433 2024-10-15T10:10:24.553830 application/rdf+xml 14180 2024-10-15T10:10:07.741948 image/jpeg 3740 2024-10-15T10:10:07.447896 image/jpeg 348889 2024-10-15T10:10:06.171942 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