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 2014-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 83 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia) 1810 1886 Stephens, Ann Sophia Winterbotham Slick, Jonathan Sybil Chase; or, The Valley Ranche: A Tale of California Life Produced by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Sybil Chase; or, The Valley Ranche: A Tale of California Life" by Ann S. Stephens is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Sybil Yates, a woman trapped in a tumultuous life with her husband Philip, a gambler, in a lawless California valley. The narrative captures the challenges faced by settlers amidst the gold rush, highlighting themes of love, betrayal, and the struggle for freedom. At the start of the tale, the serene beauty of a California valley is described, contrasted with the chaotic lives of its inhabitants, particularly Sybil, who looks out over her surroundings with a heavy heart. She is drawn into turmoil when she spots a group approaching that includes a wounded man, Laurence, stirring emotions and painful memories. As she prepares to interact with the new arrivals, her inner turmoil becomes evident; she dreads the thought of being recognized and the potential consequences of her past intertwined with her current oppressive life. The opening sets the stage for a deeply emotional narrative driven by Sybil’s urgent desire for escape and her complex relationships with those around her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Women -- Fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction California -- Fiction Gambling -- Fiction Dime novels Wives -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 283079 283091 2024-09-19T16:09:06.016162 2023-09-20T12:07:27.548402 text/html text/html 284810 2014-10-29T18:51:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 654951 2014-10-29T18:51:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 641038 2024-09-19T16:09:11.431153 application/epub+zip 640813 2024-09-19T16:09:06.792133 application/epub+zip 162721 2024-09-19T16:09:06.395118 application/epub+zip 745495 2024-09-19T16:09:15.235122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 709556 2024-09-19T16:09:10.827094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237939 2022-09-21T12:45:21.655930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255155 254952 2024-09-19T16:09:05.195163 2023-09-20T12:07:26.806362 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 255234 2014-10-29T18:51:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 98180 2014-10-29T18:51:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 255225 2014-10-29T18:51:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98159 2014-10-29T18:51:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21679 2024-09-19T16:09:15.370153 application/rdf+xml 19938 2024-09-19T16:09:06.471118 image/jpeg 2999 2024-09-19T16:09:06.432129 image/jpeg 669527 2024-09-19T16:09:06.074123 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia