Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 105 Lewis, Sinclair 1885 1951 Lewis, Harry Sinclair Graham, Tom Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Charles Aldarondo "Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man" by Sinclair Lewis is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The book centers around the protagonist, Mr. Wrenn, a lonely, meek clerk in New York who yearns for adventure beyond his mundane life at the Souvenir and Art Novelty Company. As the story unfolds, it explores his fantasies of travel and the romantic notion of escaping his drab existence. The opening of the novel introduces Mr. Wrenn's life filled with solitude and longing for excitement. He works at a monotonous job, which frustrates him, and finds solace in his dreams of travel, spurred by the moving pictures he loves to watch. He experiences a range of emotions, from humiliation when ignored by a ticket-taker to a sense of exhilaration as he imagines exploring distant lands. Mr. Wrenn's financial situation takes a turn when he learns he has inherited a modest sum of money, prompting dreams of long-awaited adventures. His interactions with others, including his landlady and fellow clerks, establish him as a gentle, albeit socially awkward man. The narrative hints at Mr. Wrenn's growth and potential transformation as he contemplates stepping into a more adventurous chapter of his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Love stories Courtship -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Middle-aged men -- United States -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 509108 509208 2024-10-02T14:49:23.155393 2023-10-03T04:00:48.157709 text/html text/html 542748 2021-07-28T05:10:45 text/html 820632 2021-07-28T05:16:47 text/html application/zip 704706 2024-10-02T14:49:30.344198 application/epub+zip 704588 2024-10-02T14:49:24.067192 application/epub+zip 289343 2024-10-02T14:49:23.587216 application/epub+zip 836171 2024-10-02T14:49:35.148156 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 811648 2024-10-02T14:49:29.933193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396603 2022-09-03T05:07:43.658813 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476486 2024-10-02T14:49:22.213247 2023-10-03T04:00:47.320672 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 476141 2021-07-28T05:16:03 text/plain; charset=utf-8 188991 2021-07-28T05:16:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20224 2024-10-02T14:49:35.281132 application/rdf+xml 14096 2024-10-02T14:49:23.715239 image/jpeg 2564 2024-10-02T14:49:23.650204 image/jpeg 818592 2024-10-02T14:49:23.209226 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