Project Gutenberg 2013-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 191 Moodie, Susanna 1803 1885 Moodie, Susannah Strickland Strickland, S. (Susanna) Strickland, Susannah The World Before Them: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3) Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Sue Fleming and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The World Before Them: A Novel. Volume 1" by Susanna Moodie is a historical fiction novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Dorothy Chance, a young girl adopted by the Rushmere family after being found as an orphan. The narrative explores themes of love, social class, and the conflict between personal desires and family loyalty, particularly as Dorothy navigates her feelings for Gilbert Rushmere against the backdrop of his father's disapproval. The opening of the novel establishes a tense love story between Dorothy and Gilbert, who are deeply in love but face significant opposition from Gilbert's father, Lawrence Rushmere. After a heated argument, Dorothy, feeling the weight of her humble origins as the daughter of an unknown woman, promises not to marry Gilbert without his father's consent, leading to a painful conflict in their relationship. The scene unfolds with rich descriptions of the rural setting, evoking a deep sense of place and highlighting Dorothy’s internal struggles as she weighs her love for Gilbert against her loyalty to the family that raised her. As tensions escalate within the family, Dorothy’s sense of belonging is challenged, setting the stage for her eventual departure from the only home she has known. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42165/42165-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 324083 324091 2024-09-17T15:39:58.827279 2023-09-18T10:20:59.385823 text/html text/html 328100 2013-02-22T12:42:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 154047 2013-02-22T12:42:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 180572 2024-09-17T15:40:03.827391 application/epub+zip 182160 2024-09-17T15:39:59.546299 application/epub+zip 173426 2024-09-17T15:39:59.173289 application/epub+zip 280494 2024-09-17T15:40:07.364250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245498 2024-09-17T15:40:03.392285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236906 2022-09-19T09:30:48.770731 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290974 290752 2024-09-17T15:39:58.041314 2023-09-18T10:20:58.694838 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 290730 2013-02-22T12:42:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 113427 2013-02-22T12:42:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 290722 2013-02-22T12:42:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113406 2013-02-22T12:42:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20241 2024-09-17T15:40:07.502272 application/rdf+xml 6431 2024-09-17T15:39:59.257304 image/jpeg 1689 2024-09-17T15:39:59.215490 image/jpeg 156462 2024-09-17T15:39:58.859310 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