Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 151 Sinclair, Upton 1878 1968 Fitch, Clarke Garrison, Frederick Sinclair, Upton Beall Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Text file produced by Charles Franks, Charles Aldarondo, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel" by Upton Sinclair is a literary work published in the late 19th century that delves into themes of love, societal struggles, and personal growth. The narrative centers around the life of Thyrsis, a young man navigating his tumultuous relationship with his father, who battles alcoholism, and his complex feelings toward Corydon, a girl who embodies beauty and innocence against the backdrop of societal issues. The opening portion of the novel introduces readers to a poignant scene in which Thyrsis and Corydon share a tender moment in a woodland glen, contemplating poetry and their dreams while contrasting it with the harsh realities of the world around them. The story quickly shifts to the troubling setting of the "Highway of Lost Men," where Thyrsis encounters the grief of his father's fall from grace and the struggles their family endures due to the father's addiction. Through this juxtaposition, readers glimpse the intense internal conflict that shapes Thyrsis’ character as he grapples with the expectations of society, his love for art and literature, and the desire for a higher purpose in life. This segment sets the emotional and thematic foundation for Thyrsis's journey as he seeks to understand love in its many forms while contending with the societal norms that threaten to entrap him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Autobiographical fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1220456 1220457 2024-10-03T07:11:14.229997 2023-10-03T06:56:22.850390 text/html text/html 1274707 2021-02-26T01:07:25 text/html; charset=utf-8 424147 2021-02-26T01:08:05 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 506546 2024-10-03T07:11:28.381898 application/epub+zip 525502 2024-10-03T07:11:18.016966 application/epub+zip 510522 2024-10-03T07:11:16.472986 application/epub+zip 887753 2024-10-03T07:11:36.418397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 842475 2024-10-03T07:11:27.264900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 802475 2022-09-03T09:32:31.862145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1055920 1055773 2024-10-03T07:11:11.908070 2023-10-03T06:56:20.813462 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1072420 2016-10-13T11:21:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 404513 2016-10-13T11:23:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1055612 2013-05-03T14:23:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 402185 2013-05-04T05:17:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1055612 2013-05-03T14:23:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 402049 2013-05-04T05:17:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23267 2024-10-03T07:11:36.556347 application/rdf+xml 15365 2024-10-03T07:11:17.041955 image/jpeg 4290 2024-10-03T07:11:16.754975 image/jpeg 496308 2024-10-03T07:11:14.328012 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