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 Project Gutenberg 2013-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 81 Sedgwick, Anne Douglas 1873 1935 The Dull Miss Archinard Reading ease score: 74.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Dull Miss Archinard" by Anne Douglas Sedgwick is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative unfolds in a picturesque English countryside setting, exploring the lives and relationships of its characters, particularly focusing on the Archinard family and their interactions with their neighbor, Peter Odd. The story hints at themes of love, social expectations, and the complexities of human emotions, particularly through the dynamics between Peter Odd, his wife, and the Archinard sisters, Hilda and Katherine. At the start of the novel, we meet Peter Odd, a contemplative and somewhat melancholic man who enjoys fishing in the serene countryside. His solitude is interrupted by the joyful sounds of the Archinard daughters, which leads to an incident involving the more timid sister, Hilda, who is initially fearful of diving into the water. The events escalate when she jumps in to save Katherine, who is struggling in the water. This action sparks a connection between Peter and the sisters as he helps rescue Hilda, highlighting contrasts in courage and fear between the two girls. As Peter returns to his life at Allersley Manor, the opening chapters set the stage for the exploration of family dynamics, friendship, and the tension between personal desires and societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42109/42109-h/images/cover.jpg en Sisters -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 444757 444667 2024-10-17T16:16:27.782479 2023-09-18T10:06:49.731574 text/html text/html 454554 2021-05-31T07:08:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 384419 2021-05-31T07:11:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 394903 2024-10-17T16:16:33.886407 application/epub+zip 400943 2024-10-17T16:16:28.594456 application/epub+zip 221524 2024-10-17T16:16:28.180425 application/epub+zip 552199 2024-10-17T16:16:38.449369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514244 2024-10-17T16:16:33.462396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335797 2022-09-19T09:09:53.351877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405821 2024-10-17T16:16:26.579443 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 405601 2021-05-31T07:10:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 155845 2021-05-31T07:10:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19677 2024-10-17T16:16:38.595360 application/rdf+xml 18576 2024-10-17T16:16:28.267490 image/jpeg 2474 2024-10-17T16:16:28.224409 image/jpeg 386426 2024-10-17T16:16:27.827426 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia