Project Gutenberg 2012-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 115 Reade, Charles 1814 1884 Paul, Evelyn 1883 1963 The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages" by Charles Reade is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The story is set during the late 15th century and follows a young man named Gerard Eliassoen, who aspires to become a priest and finds himself navigating the complexities of love and family life against a backdrop of societal expectations and personal ambition. At the start of the narrative, readers are introduced to Gerard’s family, particularly his parents, Elias and Catherine, who are deeply concerned about the future and well-being of their nine children. As Gerard sets off on a journey to Rotterdam for an important competition, he meets a young woman named Margaret and experiences a budding romance that both excites and complicates his aspirations. The opening chapters highlight themes of familial duty, the struggle for individual success, and the interplay between love and societal expectations, setting the stage for Gerard's adventures as he grapples with his desires and responsibilities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/38895/38895-h/images/cover.jpg en Historical fiction Middle Ages -- Fiction Love stories Netherlands -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1706173 1706156 2024-10-16T11:33:19.251867 2023-09-17T05:58:22.660486 text/html text/html 1731997 2021-01-08T13:41:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2038082 2021-01-08T13:41:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2104211 2024-10-16T11:33:44.259750 application/epub+zip 2135031 2024-10-16T11:33:23.583846 application/epub+zip 804074 2024-10-16T11:33:21.409839 application/epub+zip 2639991 2024-10-16T11:33:59.807676 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2492887 2024-10-16T11:33:41.191810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1142134 2022-09-17T17:20:24.281719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1599077 2024-10-16T11:33:10.296377 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1598943 2021-01-08T13:41:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 642853 2021-01-08T13:41:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1598483 2021-01-08T13:41:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 642060 2021-01-08T13:41:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1598558 2021-01-08T13:41:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 641708 2021-01-08T13:41:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24432 2024-10-16T11:33:59.987642 application/rdf+xml 27013 2024-10-16T11:33:21.590847 image/jpeg 3921 2024-10-16T11:33:21.506823 image/jpeg 2034067 2024-10-16T11:33:19.456856 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 en.wikipedia