Project Gutenberg 2012-04-19 Public domain in the USA. 154 Onions, Oliver 1873 1961 Oliver, George Mushroom Town Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Mushroom Town" by Oliver Onions is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative is set in the fictional Welsh seaside town of Llanyglo, which has rapidly developed into a tourist destination, showcasing both its natural beauty and the characters that inhabit it. The story centers around the Garden family, particularly young John Willie, who navigates the changes in this growth-oriented community while coming to terms with his own identity and place in a world that mixes the local with the unfamiliar. At the start of "Mushroom Town," readers are introduced to Llanyglo through the eyes of the Garden family, who arrive for a summer holiday. The opening vividly describes the town's landscape, its bustling tourist scene, and the contrasting simplicity of life for its residents. We meet Edward Garden, who is looking to establish his family's presence in this developing town, and John Willie, a lively boy engaged in the carefree antics of youth, reveling in the richness of his surroundings. As they settle in, the Gardens encounter the local culture, reflected through characters like Dafydd Dafis, a local bard, and Howell Gruffydd, the grocer. This introduction sets the stage for unfolding themes of community, change, and the intertwining of personal narratives with the backdrop of a society in flux. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39482/39482-h/images/cover.jpg en Wales -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Cities and towns -- Growth -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 606360 606370 2024-09-16T14:30:54.808570 2023-09-17T08:58:18.995136 text/html text/html 609351 2012-04-19T10:20:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 380466 2012-04-19T10:20:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 397012 2024-09-16T14:31:02.014516 application/epub+zip 404371 2024-09-16T14:30:55.861619 application/epub+zip 302579 2024-09-16T14:30:55.302636 application/epub+zip 573490 2024-09-16T14:31:07.168527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 539416 2024-09-16T14:31:01.556545 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437807 2022-09-18T06:23:51.488268 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582689 582466 2024-09-16T14:30:53.965567 2023-09-17T08:58:18.195115 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 582485 2012-04-19T10:20:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229284 2012-04-19T10:20:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 582480 2012-04-19T10:20:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229232 2012-04-19T10:20:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20664 2024-09-16T14:31:07.350488 application/rdf+xml 15470 2024-09-16T14:30:55.408543 image/jpeg 2534 2024-09-16T14:30:55.352559 image/jpeg 380907 2024-09-16T14:30:54.864590 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