Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 240 Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson 1883 1967 Forbes-Robertson, Beatrice The Nest Builder: A Novel Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Text file produced by Tiffany Vergon, Charles Franks, Juliet Sutherland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "The Nest Builder: A Novel" by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale is a work of fiction written during the late 19th century. The book follows the artistic and personal journey of Stefan Byrd, a young painter who is returning to America from France aboard the Lusitania, filled with a mix of nostalgia and disillusionment. The narrative delves into his encounters with various characters on the ship, highlighting his disdain for their lack of beauty and his struggle with his identity as a Bohemian artist caught between two worlds. At the start of "The Nest Builder," readers are introduced to Stefan Byrd as he navigates the turbulent waters of the Irish Sea, grappling with his disdain for the company he keeps on the ship. This opening portion establishes his intense longing for the aesthetic beauty of Paris against the backdrop of his memories of Michigan, marked by an unhappy childhood and complicated familial relationships. As Stefan reflects on his past and current situation, the narrative sets the stage for his interactions with Mary Elliston, a fellow passenger who embodies the allure of beauty and intellect. Their budding relationship hints at the captivating themes of love, artistic ambition, and the complexity of human connections that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Marriage -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations Browsing: Fiction 697499 697397 2025-02-04T03:39:26.761814 2023-10-04T05:12:05.037662 text/html text/html 730306 2021-02-26T00:18:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 245845 2021-02-26T00:18:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 328833 2025-02-04T03:39:37.582765 application/epub+zip 341771 2025-02-04T03:39:30.249791 application/epub+zip 328694 2025-02-04T03:39:28.820842 application/epub+zip 614473 2025-02-04T03:39:43.328740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567039 2025-02-04T03:39:36.639752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500650 2022-09-04T07:38:32.506246 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587642 587479 2025-02-04T03:39:25.041805 2023-10-04T05:12:03.654644 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 597343 2018-03-15T12:17:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 232923 2018-03-15T12:18:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 587256 2013-05-29T08:37:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 231620 2013-05-29T08:37:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 587247 2013-05-29T08:37:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 231503 2013-05-29T08:37:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23542 2025-02-04T03:39:43.459730 application/rdf+xml 13756 2025-02-04T03:39:29.379800 image/jpeg 3807 2025-02-04T03:39:29.098802 image/jpeg 319943 2025-02-04T03:39:26.815864 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