Project Gutenberg 2012-08-28 Public domain in the USA. 88 Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith) 1863 1935 Fletcher, Joseph Smith The Root of All Evil Produced by D Alexander, 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) "The Root of All Evil" by J. S. Fletcher is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the Farnish family, particularly the two daughters, Jecholiah (Jeckie) and Jerusha (Rushie), who are struggling to hold their father's farm, Applecroft, together amid financial ruin and mismanagement. The narrative explores themes of poverty, familial responsibility, and the struggle for a better life, as Jeckie takes charge of her family's fate in the face of their dire circumstances. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Applecroft, a once-vibrant farm now neglected and on the verge of collapse due to the irresponsibility of William Farnish, their father. We meet the determined Jeckie, who is committed to keeping the family afloat through her hard work, and her more carefree sister, Rushie. As William confesses that he has taken loans from a moneylender and hasn't paid rent, Jeckie resolves to take action, seeking support from their neighbours and familiar acquaintances to remedy their situation. The tension builds when Jeckie confronts the reality of their debts and the impending arrival of bailiffs, setting the stage for her battle against poverty and the pursuit of a way to save her family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories England -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 479702 479711 2024-09-17T07:09:21.654236 2023-09-17T15:17:16.596505 text/html text/html 482379 2012-08-28T16:12:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 191517 2012-08-28T16:12:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 238183 2024-09-17T07:09:28.549225 application/epub+zip 244616 2024-09-17T07:09:23.249259 application/epub+zip 228260 2024-09-17T07:09:22.338230 application/epub+zip 424948 2024-09-17T07:09:32.925210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397209 2024-09-17T07:09:27.933228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381253 2022-09-18T15:07:41.528081 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459298 459097 2024-09-17T07:09:20.819251 2023-09-17T15:17:15.812526 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 459224 2012-08-28T16:12:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 175356 2012-08-28T16:12:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 459216 2012-08-28T16:12:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 175336 2012-08-28T16:12:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20512 2024-09-17T07:09:33.059181 application/rdf+xml 10918 2024-09-17T07:09:22.689250 image/jpeg 3085 2024-09-17T07:09:22.516236 image/jpeg 230166 2024-09-17T07:09:21.700241 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