Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 56 Bates, Arlo 1850 1918 The Puritans Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Eric Eldred, ckirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Puritans" by Arlo Bates is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The book explores the complex legacy of Puritanism in shaping the ethical and spiritual lives of its characters, particularly focusing on the tensions between tradition and modernity within the context of Boston society. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Mrs. Herman and her cousin Philip Ashe, who represent different responses to their Puritan heritage. As they converse about Puritanism, Philip's ascetic beliefs conflict with Mrs. Herman's more liberated view, setting the stage for a broader exploration of personal and social morality. As Philip navigates a world disrupted by a recent fire at his Clergy House, he finds himself drawn into the experiences and influences of Boston’s ethical culture, marked by a Persian seer’s lecture that challenges his rigid views on spirituality and sin. The opening establishes a foundation for the conflicts and character dynamics that will unfold throughout the story, hinting at themes of temptation, morality, and the clash of ancient creeds with contemporary ideologies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 742635 742521 2024-11-04T07:28:10.785545 2023-10-04T07:24:24.382993 text/html text/html 742628 742514 2024-11-04T07:28:11.119472 2023-10-04T07:24:24.629006 text/html text/html 336394 2024-11-04T07:28:21.112468 application/epub+zip 346105 2024-11-04T07:28:13.266545 application/epub+zip 346105 2024-11-04T07:28:11.951499 application/epub+zip 566721 2024-11-04T07:28:27.144453 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 532709 2024-11-04T07:28:20.217458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506041 2022-09-04T10:49:16.504431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 671072 671009 2024-11-04T07:28:10.145529 2023-10-04T07:24:23.895999 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 670884 2012-10-19T22:13:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 250849 2012-10-19T22:16:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 670878 2012-10-19T22:14:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 250798 2012-10-19T22:16:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20457 2024-11-04T07:28:27.273513 application/rdf+xml 9823 2024-11-04T07:28:12.509500 image/jpeg 2725 2024-11-04T07:28:12.223491 image/jpeg 328127 2024-11-04T07:28:11.181497 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