Project Gutenberg 2013-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 64 Wilkins, W. A. The Cleverdale Mystery; or, The Machine and Its Wheels: A Story of American Life Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Sue Fleming 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 Cleverdale Mystery; or, The Machine and Its Wheels: A Story of American Life" by W. A. Wilkins is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative centers around the ambitious political machinations of Darius Hamblin, a New York State Senator, and the personal struggles of his daughter, Belle Hamblin. The book examines themes of political power, social class, and familial loyalty amid the backdrop of dramatic events at Lake George. The opening of the novel introduces the picturesque setting of Lake George and presents the Hamblin family, particularly focusing on the conflict between Darius's political ambitions and Belle's personal desires. Belle is depicted as a compassionate young woman who saves her younger brother from drowning, earning the admiration of George Alden, a bank officer. However, her father's pride and ambition pose challenges to her romantic feelings for George. As political tensions rise with a rival candidate named Daley seeking to undermine Darius's position, the story hints at conflicts that will intertwine personal and political stakes through the characters’ interactions and dilemmas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42333/42333-h/images/cover.jpg en Detective and mystery stories New York (State) -- Fiction Political corruption -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Politics Browsing: Fiction 464109 464119 2024-09-17T16:30:58.749199 2023-09-18T11:07:19.533692 text/html text/html 467577 2013-03-14T12:42:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 256747 2013-03-14T12:42:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 287381 2024-09-17T16:31:06.444179 application/epub+zip 290373 2024-09-17T16:30:59.938215 application/epub+zip 246574 2024-09-17T16:30:59.383230 application/epub+zip 448850 2024-09-17T16:31:11.568131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394573 2024-09-17T16:31:05.764196 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350863 2022-09-19T10:43:15.240261 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 420613 420386 2024-09-17T16:30:57.741211 2023-09-18T11:07:18.456606 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 420405 2013-03-14T12:42:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 160562 2013-03-14T12:42:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 420399 2013-03-14T12:42:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 160517 2013-03-14T12:42:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20455 2024-09-17T16:31:11.712124 application/rdf+xml 16966 2024-09-17T16:30:59.492210 image/jpeg 2890 2024-09-17T16:30:59.431211 image/jpeg 261315 2024-09-17T16:30:58.790214 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