Project Gutenberg 2013-09-16 Public domain in the USA. 112 MacGrath, Harold 1871 1932 Castaigne, J. André 1861 1929 Castaigne, J. Andre Castaigne, André Castaigne, Andre Castaigne, A. (André) The Carpet from Bagdad E-text prepared by Annie R. McGuire from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) "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.) en Middle East -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 474109 473942 2024-09-18T10:51:15.529429 2023-09-19T06:46:57.378353 text/html text/html 480139 2016-07-13T06:47:22 text/html 315515 2016-07-13T06:47:36 text/html application/zip 387597 2024-09-18T10:51:24.109396 application/epub+zip 388155 2024-09-18T10:51:17.375404 application/epub+zip 251144 2024-09-18T10:51:16.315406 application/epub+zip 565274 2024-09-18T10:51:29.192353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519715 2024-09-18T10:51:23.117374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384139 2022-09-20T03:48:31.602998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430515 430385 2024-09-18T10:51:14.132440 2023-09-19T06:46:56.167343 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 430096 2016-07-13T06:47:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171996 2016-07-13T06:47:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 430107 2016-07-13T06:47:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171948 2016-07-13T06:47:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21285 2024-09-18T10:51:29.443343 application/rdf+xml 12817 2024-09-18T10:51:16.681415 image/jpeg 3739 2024-09-18T10:51:16.496421 image/jpeg 363337 2024-09-18T10:51:15.584425 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia