Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 88 Widdemer, Margaret 1884 1978 The Wishing-Ring Man Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Eric Eldred, David Garcia, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Wishing-Ring Man" by Margaret Widdemer is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Joy Havenith, a young woman living in the shadow of her illustrious grandfather, an esteemed poet. Joy is caught in a world that feels fairy-tale like but remains unsatisfying, leading her to long for more exciting and romantic experiences. At the start of the novel, we meet Joy embracing her life within the confines of her family's artistic and literary legacy, yet feeling out of place and a bit like a decorative piece rather than an active participant in life. During a reception hosted by her grandfather, she observes a young couple in love, triggering a moment of self-realization about her own lack of personal connections. As Joy navigates her feelings of being trapped in a gilded cage, her encounter with a young man, who brings a sense of joy and understanding, sets the stage for her quest for love and the adventures that will unfold. The initial chapters beautifully depict her internal struggles and desires, laying the groundwork for her journey towards self-discovery and connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 546305 546174 2024-10-03T13:23:13.849463 2023-10-04T04:07:40.073811 text/html text/html 545226 2014-03-23T19:40:54 text/html; charset=us-ascii 311198 2014-03-23T19:42:46 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 396031 2024-10-03T13:23:23.232397 application/epub+zip 402849 2024-10-03T13:23:17.152429 application/epub+zip 250396 2024-10-03T13:23:15.775464 application/epub+zip 553304 2024-10-03T13:23:27.731404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 502672 2024-10-03T13:23:22.345434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398681 2022-09-04T05:57:40.395058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406980 406889 2024-10-03T13:23:12.771470 2023-10-04T04:07:39.169807 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 406722 2014-03-23T19:40:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 154671 2014-03-23T19:42:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 406713 2014-03-23T19:40:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 154628 2014-03-23T19:42:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20965 2024-10-03T13:23:27.898388 application/rdf+xml 14526 2024-10-03T13:23:16.371452 image/jpeg 3576 2024-10-03T13:23:16.060515 image/jpeg 388370 2024-10-03T13:23:13.891489 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