Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 65 McCutcheon, George Barr 1866 1928 The Flyers Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Etext produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML file produced by David Widger "The Flyers" by George Barr McCutcheon is a romantic novel written during the early 20th century. The story begins at the Faraway Country Club, where an array of affluent characters mingle amid a biting spring drizzle, each harboring their own secrets and romantic entanglements. The central character, Joe Dauntless, is deeply in love with Eleanor Thursdale, but finds himself embroiled in a complicated web of societal expectations, particularly with Eleanor's mother setting her sights on a wealthy English suitor, Windomshire. The opening portion of the novel sets the stage for a dramatic love story filled with tension and intrigue. As the night unfolds at the club, Dauntless wrestles with his feelings of despair over impending competition for Eleanor's affection. Meanwhile, Eleanor is clandestinely attempting to escape the societal confines placed upon her, culminating in a secret rendezvous with Dauntless, who becomes their only hope for happiness against the backdrop of societal pressures and misunderstandings. The dynamic between these characters hints at the comedic and romantic misadventures that are to come, illustrating themes of love, class, and the quest for true happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 178346 178347 2024-12-03T06:41:42.942829 2023-10-03T06:38:16.469254 text/html text/html 178443 2019-05-10T13:02:34 text/html 124751 2024-12-03T06:41:48.216867 application/epub+zip 127084 2024-12-03T06:41:44.945823 application/epub+zip 127083 2024-12-03T06:41:43.752819 application/epub+zip 220602 2024-12-03T06:41:50.652791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207737 2024-12-03T06:41:47.499822 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174517 2022-09-03T09:06:08.139039 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149265 149121 2024-12-03T06:41:42.444878 2023-10-03T06:38:16.079242 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 149046 2013-04-11T18:43:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 58325 2013-04-11T18:57:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19245 2024-12-03T06:41:50.781772 application/rdf+xml 10132 2024-12-03T06:41:44.293829 image/jpeg 2841 2024-12-03T06:41:44.024813 image/jpeg 61236 2019-05-10T13:06:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 121614 2024-12-03T06:41:42.957822 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