Project Gutenberg 2015-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 48 Bates, Arlo 1850 1918 Patty's Perversities Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Chris Whitehead, Shaun Pinder and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Patty's Perversities" by Arlo Bates is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the spirited and whimsical protagonist, Patty Sanford, who navigates the complexities of youth, romance, and family dynamics in a small town. The narrative explores Patty's relationships with her suitors, her family’s eccentricities, and the societal expectations placed upon her as a young woman. At the start of the novel, Patty awakens to a sunny morning filled with thoughts of an upcoming picnic, where she contemplates the expected invitations from her admirers. Through her musings, readers are introduced to her playful nature, her interactions with friends and family members, including her mother and cousin Flossy, and the rivalries that emerge amongst the young men vying for her attention. The opening chapters set the stage for Patty's lively character and the various challenges she will face as relationships deepen and evolve, revealing both her charm and her determination to assert her own desires amidst the social expectations of her community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mate selection -- Fiction Courtship -- Fiction United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 503012 503007 2024-10-20T08:39:32.977708 2023-09-21T05:28:41.648126 text/html text/html 510425 2015-03-01T15:01:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 499050 2015-03-01T15:01:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 568633 2024-10-20T08:39:42.392644 application/epub+zip 573805 2024-10-20T08:39:34.581684 application/epub+zip 268660 2024-10-20T08:39:33.792702 application/epub+zip 757864 2024-10-20T08:39:48.359610 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 702590 2024-10-20T08:39:41.390659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398341 2022-09-22T04:07:55.700208 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446794 446588 2024-10-20T08:39:31.160743 2023-09-21T05:28:40.096128 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 447030 2015-03-01T15:01:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 174534 2015-03-01T15:01:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20046 2024-10-20T08:39:48.510620 application/rdf+xml 30786 2024-10-20T08:39:33.905691 image/jpeg 4491 2024-10-20T08:39:33.849675 image/jpeg 510113 2024-10-20T08:39:33.034690 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