Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 119 Simms, William Gilmore 1806 1870 Simms, W. Gilmore (William Gilmore) Cooper, Frank Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Text file produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story" by William Gilmore Simms is a novel likely written in the early 19th century. The story revolves around the complexities of personal relationships and emotional struggles, primarily focusing on the main character, Edward, whose upbringing as an orphan under the care of indifferent relatives shapes his character and influences his interactions with others, particularly with Julia, his cousin and love interest. The opening of the narrative introduces Edward's early life, marked by neglect and feelings of scorn from his relatives. As he grows, he forms a bond with Julia and a friendship with William Edgerton, which acts as a refuge from his tumultuous emotions and the harshness of his environment. The text reveals Edward's internal conflicts, including his feelings of jealousy and suspicion that complicate his relationships. His transition into adulthood sees him aspiring to be a lawyer while grappling with his emotional blindness, which leads to misunderstandings with Julia and resistance to his uncle's authority. The themes of love, pride, and the trials of being misunderstood set the stage for further developments in Edward's quest for personal and emotional fulfillment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Domestic fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 937921 937922 2024-10-03T07:44:34.666152 2023-10-03T07:20:17.657944 text/html text/html 966988 2021-02-26T01:12:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 326426 2021-02-26T01:12:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 421152 2024-10-03T07:44:47.021108 application/epub+zip 439403 2024-10-03T07:44:38.605142 application/epub+zip 416978 2024-10-03T07:44:37.101143 application/epub+zip 795585 2024-10-03T07:44:53.971067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 738663 2024-10-03T07:44:45.986095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 701805 2022-09-03T10:09:35.370728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 813931 813785 2024-10-03T07:44:33.190196 2023-10-03T07:20:16.293952 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 819496 2018-03-16T11:21:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 311417 2018-03-16T11:21:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 813558 2013-06-12T06:09:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 310626 2013-06-12T06:09:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 813549 2013-06-12T06:09:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 310597 2013-06-12T06:09:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23428 2024-10-03T07:44:54.113046 application/rdf+xml 19437 2024-10-03T07:44:37.669138 image/jpeg 4436 2024-10-03T07:44:37.386141 image/jpeg 408240 2024-10-03T07:44:34.743167 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