Project Gutenberg 2015-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 52 Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell 1872 1958 Coburn, Fordyce, Mrs. Munsell, Fanny The Stingy Receiver Reading ease score: 75.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Elaine Laizure "The Stingy Receiver" by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Mrs. Tome Gallien, a wealthy, headstrong woman who is recovering from an accident and engages in a series of humorous yet thought-provoking exchanges with her young doctor, Sam Kendrue. As they navigate their interactions, themes of gratitude, generosity, and the complexities of human relationships emerge, and the dynamic between giver and receiver is put to the test. At the start of the novel, we meet Mrs. Gallien and the Young Doctor during an interesting conversation in her sickroom. As he urges her to make a wish for her recovery, she surprises him by expressing a desire for letters and packages, revealing her love for shopping as a source of joy. The dialogue between them is marked by wit and irony, particularly as Mrs. Gallien laments what she perceives as the stinginess of those who receive gifts without gratitude. When Mrs. Gallien takes it upon herself to ensure her doctor’s life becomes more exciting, the story takes an unexpected turn, leading to humorous revelations and a reflection on the nature of giving and receiving. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Physicians -- Fiction Rich people -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction United States -- Fiction Invalids -- Fiction Norwegians -- United States -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 205857 205797 2024-10-20T13:44:13.617259 2023-09-21T10:08:08.805820 text/html text/html 206390 2015-06-29T14:10:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 418545 2015-06-29T14:10:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 492382 2024-10-20T13:44:19.802233 application/epub+zip 492784 2024-10-20T13:44:15.744254 application/epub+zip 145955 2024-10-20T13:44:14.431226 application/epub+zip 617343 2024-10-20T13:44:22.576226 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 613167 2024-10-20T13:44:18.905202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243825 2022-09-22T10:55:29.169242 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181392 181383 2024-10-20T13:44:12.827256 2023-09-21T10:08:08.095792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 181580 2015-06-29T14:10:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69537 2015-06-29T14:10:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21062 2024-10-20T13:44:22.730324 application/rdf+xml 11823 2024-10-20T13:44:14.979210 image/jpeg 3066 2024-10-20T13:44:14.700246 image/jpeg 488695 2024-10-20T13:44:13.649240 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