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 Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 73 Bates, Arlo 1850 1918 The Philistines Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Eric Eldred, Charlie Kirschner, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Philistines" by Arlo Bates is a novel written during the late 19th century. The book explores the tensions between artistic integrity and commercial success through the character of Arthur Fenton, an artist who negotiates the complex social landscape of Boston's elite art patrons. As he navigates his relationship with his well-connected wife, Edith Caldwell, the story delves into themes of ambition, societal expectations, and the realities of artistic life amidst the superficiality of the society they live in. The opening of the novel introduces Arthur Fenton, an outspoken member of an artistic group known as the Pagans, who marries Edith Caldwell with the intent to leverage her connections for his own gain within the art world. He is characterized as a pragmatic artist willing to compromise his ideals for success, finding recognition as a fashionable portrait painter. The chapter also sets the stage for a larger dialogue on the nature of honesty and the moral compromises individuals make for societal acceptance. In this initial portion, the reader encounters Fenton's complex inner life, his social maneuvering, and the delicate dynamics within his marriage, suggesting an intricate exploration of personal and professional conflict that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 633424 633286 2024-10-04T07:58:24.657179 2023-10-04T07:34:15.190981 text/html text/html 633417 633279 2024-10-04T07:58:24.964199 2023-10-04T07:34:15.408967 text/html text/html 297776 2024-10-04T07:58:34.001170 application/epub+zip 307918 2024-10-04T07:58:27.039177 application/epub+zip 307918 2024-10-04T07:58:25.758173 application/epub+zip 542140 2024-10-04T07:58:39.382115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499080 2024-10-04T07:58:33.040168 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476846 2022-09-04T11:04:59.410485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 579805 579718 2024-10-04T07:58:24.152180 2023-10-04T07:34:14.820963 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 579631 2012-10-19T22:15:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 219547 2012-10-19T22:16:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18688 2024-10-04T07:58:39.508108 application/rdf+xml 11807 2024-10-04T07:58:26.309171 image/jpeg 3118 2024-10-04T07:58:26.033169 image/jpeg 293419 2024-10-04T07:58:25.017194 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia