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 2015-09-03 Public domain in the USA. 110 Buckrose, J. E. 1868 1931 Jameson, Annie Edith A Bachelor's Comedy Produced by Cindy Beyer, Richard Hulse 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 Bachelor's Comedy" by J. E. Buckrose is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the Reverend Andrew Deane, a young vicar navigating his new life in the quaint village of Gaythorpe-on-the-Marsh. As he attempts to establish himself, he grapples with the perception of his youthfulness and the burdens of his clerical responsibilities, all while encountering the charming eccentricities of his new parish's residents. The opening of the novel introduces Andrew as he travels to Gaythorpe, filled with hope and anxiety about his new role. He arrives at the station and is met by the churchwarden, Mr. Thorpe, as they make their way through the pastoral landscape. Andrew is determined to shed his boyish nickname "Andy" and take on the dignity of his position. The narrative unfolds with his interactions at the Vicarage, where he faces the challenge of maintaining discipline with his staff, notably the drunken gardener Sam Petch, while showing kindness to the endearing but needy villagers. This balance of humor, introspection, and the complexities of clerical life lays the groundwork for the deeper themes of community, expectation, and personal growth that will follow in Andrew's journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Villages -- England -- Fiction Clergy -- England -- Fiction Love stories Young men -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 503732 503748 2024-09-20T16:27:44.189399 2023-09-21T12:46:23.666272 text/html text/html 504690 2015-09-02T19:05:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 232032 2015-09-02T19:05:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 274089 2024-09-20T16:27:51.122311 application/epub+zip 273732 2024-09-20T16:27:45.073357 application/epub+zip 273732 2024-09-20T16:27:44.634363 application/epub+zip 397385 2024-09-20T16:27:55.875309 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366865 2024-09-20T16:27:50.648307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367145 2022-09-22T14:39:29.598485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437723 437520 2024-09-20T16:27:42.829375 2023-09-21T12:46:22.457268 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 437977 2015-09-02T19:04:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 163867 2015-09-02T19:05:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19213 2024-09-20T16:27:56.019284 application/rdf+xml 17842 2024-09-20T16:27:44.726355 image/jpeg 2477 2024-09-20T16:27:44.681337 image/jpeg 232799 2024-09-20T16:27:44.233361 application/octet-stream application/zip