Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 72 Beach, Rex 1877 1949 Beach, Rex Ellingwood The Auction Block Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Auction Block" by Rex Beach is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around the Knight family as they grapple with their aspirations and struggles in the bustling environment of New York City, contrasting their previous life in Vale. The tale primarily focuses on their daughter, Lorelei, who is deemed beautiful and is seen as the family's ticket to a better life through potential success in show business. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the Knight family, particularly the father, Peter Knight, who is reluctantly faced with a political offer in New York, and his ambitious wife, who believes that their daughter Lorelei's beauty can elevate them financially. As Peter expresses his dissatisfaction with leaving his small-town life, Lorelei's mother argues that a move to the city is essential for Lorelei to find success and escape their current poverty. This opening sets the stage for the family's dynamic as they debate their futures and how Lorelei might embark on a career in theater, highlighting the conflicts and ambitions that will ultimately unfold as the narrative progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction PS Text Movie Books Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 702619 702514 2024-10-03T04:08:07.907835 2023-10-03T04:38:25.569660 text/html text/html 702612 702507 2024-10-03T04:08:08.276809 2023-10-03T04:38:25.814642 text/html text/html 338703 2024-10-03T04:08:18.343759 application/epub+zip 349607 2024-10-03T04:08:10.462823 application/epub+zip 349604 2024-10-03T04:08:09.140887 application/epub+zip 597111 2024-10-03T04:08:24.597775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552988 2024-10-03T04:08:17.441908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528288 2022-09-03T06:05:17.079716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 632126 632072 2024-10-03T04:08:07.244878 2023-10-03T04:38:25.135655 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 631949 2013-05-01T20:34:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 253385 2013-05-01T20:43:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19111 2024-10-03T04:08:24.725734 application/rdf+xml 11669 2024-10-03T04:08:09.687799 image/jpeg 3158 2024-10-03T04:08:09.414827 image/jpeg 332970 2024-10-03T04:08:08.336786 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