Project Gutenberg 2020-07-08 Public domain in the USA. 71 Russell, William Clark 1844 1911 Russell, W. Clark (William Clark) Jilted! Or, My Uncle's Scheme, Volume 1 Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David E. Brown and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Jilted! Or, My Uncle's Scheme, Volume 1" by William Clark Russell is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Charles Hargrave, the son of a retired army major, who finds himself at a crossroads in life after being nudged by his father to seek a profession. Facing inevitable changes, Charles is taken from his comfortable and idle existence in Longueville-sur-mer to live with his uncle in England and embark on a career as a banker’s clerk, a role he initially treats with disdain. The opening of the novel introduces us to the protagonist, Charles, who reflects on his upbringing and the effects of an unambitious life filled with trivial distractions. As he arrives in England at the behest of his uncle Tom's generous offer to secure him a position at his bank, Charles grapples with feelings of reluctance and a sense of loss regarding his former lifestyle. The narrative highlights his disdain for the notion of hard work and the social status associated with banking, as well as his burgeoning infatuation with his cousin, Conny. Through amusing dialogues and interactions with family members, readers are drawn into Charles's amusing yet poignant struggle with identity, ambition, and the complexities of familial relationships as he begins to adapt to his new life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 214768 214711 2024-12-26T03:46:04.064590 2023-09-27T04:07:25.157694 text/html text/html 223392 2020-07-08T13:37:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 162811 2024-12-26T03:46:08.118584 application/epub+zip 161480 2024-12-26T03:46:04.761589 application/epub+zip 136334 2024-12-26T03:46:04.404655 application/epub+zip 229817 2024-12-26T03:46:10.772676 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201597 2024-12-26T03:46:07.742579 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176859 2022-09-28T08:10:47.067578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186290 186433 2024-12-26T03:46:03.533617 2023-09-27T04:07:24.690645 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 186290 2020-07-08T13:37:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 17446 2024-12-26T03:46:10.919539 application/rdf+xml 13963 2024-12-26T03:46:04.481590 image/jpeg 1770 2024-12-26T03:46:04.443570 image/jpeg 162327 2024-12-26T03:46:04.087603 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