Project Gutenberg 2013-01-18 Public domain in the USA. 55 Pearse, Mark Guy 1842 1930 Pearse, Guy Mark Gold and Incense: A West Country Story E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Gold and Incense: A West Country Story" by Mark Guy Pearse is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book follows the life of Jennifer Petch, a humble yet optimistic woman living in a rural village, as she navigates the challenges of poverty and her husband’s incapacitating injury. Through her philosophical outlook and resilience, Jennifer finds meaning and joy in life's hardships while demonstrating a deep faith and love for her family. The story unfolds as Jennifer marries Sam Petch, a handsome village lad, and together they build a life filled with simple joys until tragedy strikes when Sam suffers a fall that leaves him an imbecile. Despite her dire circumstances and the burden of caring for Sam as well as their two sons, Jennifer maintains an uplifting spirit, believing in the power of gratitude and perspective. Her determination to contribute to their community leads her to save money to offer a half-sovereign to fund a new village chapel, which she proudly names "Gold and Incense." The narrative explores themes of love, sacrifice, and the strength found in optimism, ultimately leading to Jennifer's unexpected success as her situation improves through the help of her community and her own hard work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41870/41870-h/images/i_006.jpg en West Country (England) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 74450 74230 2024-09-17T14:00:12.494595 2023-09-18T08:49:36.609047 text/html text/html 71270 2013-01-18T18:04:14 text/html 701147 2013-01-18T18:06:37 text/html application/zip 714155 2024-09-17T14:00:16.623560 application/epub+zip 713366 2024-09-17T14:00:13.822586 application/epub+zip 70669 2024-09-17T14:00:12.745742 application/epub+zip 1207586 2024-09-17T14:00:18.353553 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1194353 2024-09-17T14:00:15.541574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 95038 2022-09-19T07:13:48.414458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61474 61289 2024-09-17T14:00:12.237613 2023-09-18T08:49:36.391057 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61003 2013-01-18T18:02:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23572 2013-01-18T18:02:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18220 2024-09-17T14:00:18.483562 application/rdf+xml 11010 2024-09-17T14:00:12.826590 image/jpeg 2146 2024-09-17T14:00:12.784577 image/jpeg 702712 2024-09-17T14:00:12.534617 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