Project Gutenberg 2004-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 106 Holley, Marietta 1836 1926 Josiah Allen's wife Holley, Mariettta Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 4 Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Widger and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 4" by Marietta Holley is a humorous novel written during the late 19th century (Victorian era). The book is a continuation of the adventures of Samantha, a woman who offers her witty observations on society, religion, and human nature. The narrative targets themes of religious fervor and societal conventions, employing satire to explore the behaviors and beliefs of its characters. In this volume, Samantha navigates various interactions with members of her community as they prepare for what they believe is the imminent end of the world. The storyline introduces characters such as Trueman's wife and Joe Charnick, highlighting their eccentric beliefs and community dynamics. As excitement builds toward the predicted apocalypse, Samantha juxtaposes her practical approach to life with the more dramatic responses of those around her. Through humorous anecdotes and light-hearted commentary, Holley portrays the absurdity of blind faith and the complexities of human relationships, culminating in a comical climax where the anticipated doomsday fails to occur, leaving the characters to reconcile their expectations with reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Women in church work -- Methodist church -- Humor Women's rights -- Humor Methodism -- Humor PS Text Humor Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: Humour Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 98211 94196 2024-10-04T10:50:45.990349 2023-10-04T09:42:51.924335 text/html text/html 88560 2021-01-02T06:03:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2035622 2021-01-02T06:03:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2209592 2024-10-04T10:50:52.426280 application/epub+zip 2209783 2024-10-04T10:50:49.435415 application/epub+zip 94033 2024-10-04T10:50:48.131310 application/epub+zip 2371330 2024-10-04T10:50:54.551264 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2359177 2024-10-04T10:50:51.582345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227222 2022-09-05T04:13:13.267126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78378 78311 2024-10-04T10:50:45.530332 2023-10-04T09:42:51.597341 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 78304 2021-01-02T06:03:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30058 2021-01-02T06:03:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20369 2024-10-04T10:50:54.676268 application/rdf+xml 18101 2024-10-04T10:50:48.670311 image/jpeg 4262 2024-10-04T10:50:48.400326 image/jpeg 2149986 2024-10-04T10:50:46.056330 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