Project Gutenberg 2011-11-15 Public domain in the USA. 130 Rice, Alfred Ernest Dowling, Colista Murray 1881 1968 Dowling, C. M. Dowling, Colista M. An Oregon Girl: A Tale of American Life in the New West Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "An Oregon Girl: A Tale of American Life in the New West" by Alfred Ernest Rice is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in Portland, Oregon, and focuses on the lives of several characters, including Virginia Thorpe, who is central to a love triangle involving Joe Corway and Hazel Brooke. The plot delves into themes of love, deceit, and societal expectations in the context of American life in the New West. The opening of the novel introduces a cast of characters and sets the stage for the unfolding drama. It begins with the backdrop of a failed investment company and the subsequent struggles faced by two middle-aged bachelors, Jack Shore and Philip Rutley, as they devise a scheme to regain social standing. The narrative then shifts to Virginia Thorpe, who, having returned from the farm, is filled with joy at the prospect of reuniting with her love, Joe Corway. Yet, soon darkness looms as Virginia overhears a conversation implying Corway's deceit, causing turmoil in her heart. The tensions heighten as relationships and reputations intertwine, foreshadowing conflicts driven by jealousy and betrayal. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Oregon -- Fiction Women pioneers -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 499457 499466 2024-09-16T06:16:50.170687 2023-09-16T12:31:15.789163 text/html text/html 495212 2011-11-15T11:28:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 498933 2011-11-15T11:28:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 524141 2024-09-16T06:16:57.796668 application/epub+zip 532386 2024-09-16T06:16:51.852676 application/epub+zip 257850 2024-09-16T06:16:50.852722 application/epub+zip 808528 2024-09-16T06:17:02.418632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 789904 2024-09-16T06:16:57.109658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422582 2022-09-17T11:24:53.204233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472982 472794 2024-09-16T06:16:48.842685 2023-09-16T12:31:14.585146 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 472766 2011-11-15T11:28:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 182527 2011-11-15T11:28:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18952 2024-09-16T06:17:02.564713 application/rdf+xml 22954 2024-09-16T06:16:51.228693 image/jpeg 4913 2024-09-16T06:16:51.031674 image/jpeg 590519 2024-09-16T06:16:50.228717 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