Project Gutenberg 2015-07-12 Public domain in the USA. 61 Bolton, Sarah Knowles 1841 1916 Bolton, Mrs. C. E. Bolton, Sarah K. c98000114 A Country Idyl, and Other Stories A country idyl -- The second time -- Fifteen thousand dollars -- The ring of gold -- Four letters -- Rewarded -- The unopened letter -- Three college students -- The Twilight Hour Society -- Slave Amy -- Like our neighbors -- Two at once -- The house-warming -- Hannah and Joe -- Burton Cone's reason -- Unsuitable -- Playing with hearts -- Duty -- Waify -- The black and tan -- The Christian hunter -- Love's Christmas gift -- An unfortunate sail -- A new kind of wedding -- Lost his place -- Struck it rich -- Food at the door -- How the dog tax was paid -- The story of Douglas Produced by Giovanni Fini, 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) "A Country Idyl, and Other Stories" by Sarah Knowles Bolton is a collection of short stories likely written in the late 19th century. The stories feature various characters navigating themes of love, loss, and societal expectations set against the backdrop of small-town life in New England. As the title suggests, the stories interweave rustic life with deeper emotional narratives, exploring human relationships and the choices individuals make. At the start of "A Country Idyl," we are introduced to the quiet town of Nineveh, where the miller Crandall and his wife live a content life until they adopt their niece, Nellie. The narrative contrasts Nellie's innocent affection for her childhood friend John Harding with her budding attention to a city youth, Byron Marshall, leading to a love triangle. John confesses his lifelong love for Nellie, setting the premise for heartache as she becomes entangled with the more worldly Byron, ultimately leading to complications that twist through themes of fidelity and societal acceptance. This opening portion establishes the characters’ relationships and foreshadows the emotional trials they will encounter in the pursuit of love and personal fulfillment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 334899 334912 2024-09-20T14:23:18.512527 2023-09-21T10:45:12.455756 text/html text/html 338486 2015-07-12T08:50:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 196146 2015-07-12T08:50:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 251470 2024-09-20T14:23:25.259026 application/epub+zip 249492 2024-09-20T14:23:19.708599 application/epub+zip 202821 2024-09-20T14:23:19.145539 application/epub+zip 331261 2024-09-20T14:23:29.358971 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286941 2024-09-20T14:23:24.655009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240944 2022-09-22T11:46:31.020416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298639 298435 2024-09-20T14:23:17.874537 2023-09-21T10:45:11.863749 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 298905 2015-07-12T08:49:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 114507 2015-07-12T08:50:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19173 2024-09-20T14:23:29.530953 application/rdf+xml 15341 2024-09-20T14:23:19.231514 image/jpeg 2266 2024-09-20T14:23:19.188512 image/jpeg 196245 2024-09-20T14:23:18.551519 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