The Carpet from Bagdad by Harold MacGrath
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/43749.html.images | 463 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/43749.epub3.images | 399 kB |
Send
to kindle email: |
|||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/43749.epub.images | 399 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/43749.epub.noimages | 266 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/43749.kf8.images | 594 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/43749.kindle.images | 549 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/43749.txt.utf-8 | 420 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/43749/pg43749-h.zip | 373 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | MacGrath, Harold, 1871-1932 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Castaigne, J. André, 1861-1929 |
| Title | The Carpet from Bagdad |
| Note | Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Annie R. McGuire from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http: //books.google.com) |
| Summary | "The Carpet from Bagdad" by Harold MacGrath is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows George P. A. Jones, a young man caught between his practical upbringing and a romantic imagination. He works as a vice-president in a carpet business and hopes to find adventure and love during his travels, which set the stage for a journey filled with intrigue surrounding a rare and prized carpet. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to George, who is described as shy and somewhat ordinary yet possesses a rich inner world filled with dreams of romance and exploration. Faced with the duality of his character, he navigates love and ambition while reflecting on his parents' contrasting influences. As George embarks on a year-long adventure seeking romance, he feels a growing dissatisfaction stemming from a lack of excitement in his life, leading him to a chance encounter with a mysterious woman that could potentially change his fate. This opening sets up the exploration of the themes of identity, adventure, and the search for personal fulfillment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Middle East -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 43749 |
| Release Date | Sep 16, 2013 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jul 13, 2016 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 140 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
