Project Gutenberg 2005-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 58 Fuller, Henry Blake 1857 1929 Fuller, Henry B. (Henry Blake) Page, Stanton Under the Skylights Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. The downfall of Abner Joyce -- Little O'Grady vs. the Grindstone -- Dr. Gowdy and the squash. Produced by Eric Eldred, Thomas Berger and the Distributed Proofreaders team "Under the Skylights" by Henry Blake Fuller is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book revolves around Abner Joyce, a passionate young writer whose earnestness and socially conscious perspectives on rural life and community reform shape his literary works. At its core, the narrative explores Abner's interactions with various city denizens—ranging from affluent society members to fellow artists and reformers—as he grapples with issues of social justice and personal identity. The opening of the story establishes Abner Joyce's character as a driven, idealistic individual who has recently gained attention with his first book, "This Weary World." His intense earnestness is juxtaposed with the superficiality he perceives in the urban social scene, which he navigates with a mixture of intrigue and disdain. As the chapters progress, the text introduces a colorful cast of characters, including Mrs. Palmer Pence, a wealthy society woman, and Leverett Whyland, a man of influence, setting the stage for Abner's internal and external conflicts between his humble origins and the seductive allure of urban intellectual life. The beginning effectively captures the tension between idealism and pragmatism, hinting at the shifts Abner will experience as he attempts to find his place among the contrasts of his rural upbringing and the modern city culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 491693 491583 2024-10-04T06:19:51.973187 2023-10-04T06:26:49.123576 text/html text/html 491686 491576 2024-10-04T06:19:52.264228 2023-10-04T06:26:49.326082 text/html text/html 260520 2024-10-04T06:20:00.410186 application/epub+zip 267578 2024-10-04T06:19:54.353227 application/epub+zip 267578 2024-10-04T06:19:53.050168 application/epub+zip 487323 2024-10-04T06:20:05.453634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436731 2024-10-04T06:19:59.588167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411573 2022-09-04T09:24:11.287240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445987 445928 2024-10-04T06:19:51.379191 2023-10-04T06:26:48.682604 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 445750 2012-08-03T21:43:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 176766 2012-08-03T21:45:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19375 2024-10-04T06:20:05.591627 application/rdf+xml 12703 2024-10-04T06:19:53.608157 image/jpeg 3319 2024-10-04T06:19:53.326161 image/jpeg 255240 2024-10-04T06:19:52.305195 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