Project Gutenberg 2005-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 65 Barr, Robert 1850 1912 One Day's Courtship, and The Heralds of Fame Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Widger and PG Distributed Proofreaders from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions "One Day's Courtship, and The Heralds of Fame" by Robert Barr is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around John Trenton, a landscape artist, who embarks on a journey to capture the picturesque Shawenegan Falls in Canada as he prepares to leave for England. The narrative introduces various themes, including ambition, artistic pursuit, and social encounters, as Trenton navigates both the beauty of the landscape and complex relationships, most notably with the strong-willed Eva Sommerton, an American artist. At the start of the novel, we meet John Trenton as he eagerly anticipates returning to the Shawenegan Falls to indulge his artistic desire. He writes to Ed Mason, a lumberman who has befriended him, requesting a canoe for his trip. The journey unfolds with Trenton's reflections on his previous visit, his interactions with a young driver, and his eventual meeting with Mrs. Mason and the seemingly aloof Eva Sommerton. The opening sets the stage for an intricate mix of artistic aspiration and budding romantic tension, with Miss Sommerton establishing herself as a character with distinct views on both art and nature. Thus, the first chapters lay a foundation for a rich exploration of character dynamics and the pursuit of creative passion against the stunning backdrop of the Canadian wilderness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 270956 270957 2024-10-04T10:19:08.277616 2023-10-04T09:21:19.697731 text/html text/html 285224 2021-01-26T20:42:55 text/html; charset=utf-8 87679 2021-01-26T20:42:55 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 169765 2024-10-04T10:19:15.529553 application/epub+zip 172655 2024-10-04T10:19:11.542569 application/epub+zip 149952 2024-10-04T10:19:10.340620 application/epub+zip 373877 2024-10-04T10:19:18.578530 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347869 2024-10-04T10:19:14.810565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318069 2022-09-05T03:44:02.984594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221187 221004 2024-10-04T10:19:07.481589 2023-10-04T09:21:19.070745 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 226750 2016-11-01T10:32:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 82940 2016-11-01T10:42:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 220925 2014-03-21T20:17:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 82203 2014-03-21T20:27:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 220916 2014-03-21T20:17:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 82176 2014-03-21T20:27:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23142 2024-10-04T10:19:18.706531 application/rdf+xml 18120 2024-10-04T10:19:10.892616 image/jpeg 4066 2024-10-04T10:19:10.617575 image/jpeg 165591 2024-10-04T10:19:08.300600 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