Project Gutenberg 2013-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 66 Colton, Arthur 1868 1943 Colton, Arthur Willis "The Debatable Land": A Novel Produced by Ron Stephens, Greg Bergquist 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.) "The Debatable Land" by Arthur Colton is a novel written in the early 20th century. This work explores themes of identity, community, and the contrast between individual aspirations and societal expectations, primarily through the lives of its characters within a small New England town and the larger city of Hamilton. The opening of the novel introduces widow Bourn and her daughter Helen, hinting at a generational struggle and the emotional weight of legacy and regret. Through vivid descriptions of their surroundings and Helen's youthful aspirations, we see a backdrop steeped in a sense of nostalgia and expectation. The narrative shifts to include characters such as Thaddeus Bourn, who embodies societal expectations, and Morgan Map, whose ambitions and aspirations challenge conventional boundaries. As relationships begin to intertwine—especially concerning Helen and Morgan—the story sets the stage for a rich exploration of human connections against the contrasting landscapes of Hagar and Hamilton, providing a poignant reflection on the "debatable land" between personal hopes and the realities of life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41963/41963-h/images/frontcover.jpg en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 415287 415270 2024-09-17T14:34:19.130376 2023-09-18T09:20:53.017977 text/html text/html 421879 2013-02-01T12:07:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 262324 2013-02-01T12:07:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 288668 2024-09-17T14:34:26.132339 application/epub+zip 290919 2024-09-17T14:34:20.266408 application/epub+zip 229940 2024-09-17T14:34:19.678382 application/epub+zip 429101 2024-09-17T14:34:30.797350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382894 2024-09-17T14:34:25.372347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322053 2022-09-19T08:01:04.844822 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368288 368063 2024-09-17T14:34:18.095417 2023-09-18T09:20:52.065963 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 368058 2013-02-01T12:07:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 145010 2013-02-01T12:07:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 368054 2013-02-01T12:07:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 144970 2013-02-01T12:07:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19856 2024-09-17T14:34:30.949318 application/rdf+xml 17887 2024-09-17T14:34:19.781387 image/jpeg 2911 2024-09-17T14:34:19.729384 image/jpeg 262811 2024-09-17T14:34:19.171376 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