Project Gutenberg 2017-04-19 Public domain in the USA. 50 Lloyd, Nelson 1873 1933 Lloyd, Nelson McAllister The Chronic Loafer Reading ease score: 90.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. E-text prepared by MWS, Peter Vachuska, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Chronic Loafer" by Nelson Lloyd is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a quaint Pennsylvania village and introduces a cast of characters, most notably the Chronic Loafer himself, a whimsical and humorous figure who is often involved in light-hearted banter among the local men. The book explores themes of community, nostalgia, and the everyday lives of these rural inhabitants, set against the backdrop of the simplicity and charm of small-town life. The opening of the novel presents the village, its store, and the characters who frequent it on a summer day when the G.A.R. Man returns from a reunion. The Loafer, with his ragged attire and quick wit, engages in playful jests about the returnee's appearance. As they reminisce and share stories, a sense of camaraderie and humor emerges, depicting the personalities and quirks of the village. Particularly notable is the G.A.R. Man’s storytelling, which weaves in memories from the Civil War, revealing deeper narratives beneath the light-hearted interactions. The atmosphere is filled with warmth, humor, and a nostalgic longing for the past, blending the mundane with the extraordinary in the lives of the characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Pennsylvania -- Fiction American fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 389480 389351 2024-09-22T14:13:36.239099 2023-09-23T12:15:51.172155 text/html text/html 394271 2017-04-19T10:31:22 text/html 186079 2017-04-19T10:35:08 text/html application/zip 206803 2024-09-22T14:13:41.870063 application/epub+zip 208321 2024-09-22T14:13:37.139114 application/epub+zip 201733 2024-09-22T14:13:36.678085 application/epub+zip 327860 2024-09-22T14:13:45.725053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288757 2024-09-22T14:13:41.379076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282471 2022-09-24T21:09:33.711137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354937 354870 2024-09-22T14:13:35.192143 2023-09-23T12:15:50.406159 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 355009 2020-06-13T21:35:29 text/plain; charset=utf-8 133182 2020-06-13T21:35:29 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18233 2024-09-22T14:13:45.857048 application/rdf+xml 15069 2024-09-22T14:13:36.770090 image/jpeg 2497 2024-09-22T14:13:36.723110 image/jpeg 186924 2024-09-22T14:13:36.275130 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