Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 280 Bindloss, Harold 1866 1945 Lister's Great Adventure E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Suzanne Shell, David Kline, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "Lister's Great Adventure" by Harold Bindloss is a novel written during the early 20th century. It follows George Lister, a railway engineer, as he navigates both professional challenges and personal relationships in a rapidly changing world. The story opens with the introduction of various characters, such as the meddling Tom Cartwright and the rebellious young woman Barbara, who find themselves intertwined with Lister's journey. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to the idyllic setting of a Canadian summer hotel, where Cartwright expresses concerns about his stepdaughter Barbara's romantic inclinations towards a clerk named Shillito. As Cartwright plots to intervene, Barbara is portrayed as strong-willed and impulsive, revealing tensions between her desires and societal expectations. Meanwhile, Lister's story unfolds as he reflects on his aspirations to climb the professional ladder within the railway industry while hinting at romantic implications in his interactions with a mysterious girl on board a train. The opening sets up a narrative rich in adventure and character dynamics as Lister contemplates his role in a world marked by both opportunity and personal conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Africa -- Fiction Love stories Shipwrecks -- Fiction Salvage -- Fiction PR Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 519580 2025-08-04T11:04:24.046086 text/html 494558 2024-10-28T17:36:38 text/html 251221 2025-08-04T11:04:32.541035 application/epub+zip 258613 2025-08-04T11:04:27.021003 application/epub+zip 250279 2025-08-04T11:04:25.785023 application/epub+zip 493033 2025-08-04T11:04:37.148965 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447673 2025-08-04T11:04:31.767050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 400097 2022-09-05T06:48:58.969800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457119 2025-08-04T11:04:22.940049 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 437286 2024-10-28T17:36:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16802 2025-08-04T11:04:37.297985 application/rdf+xml 13916 2025-08-04T11:04:26.324016 image/jpeg 3879 2025-08-04T11:04:26.041015 image/jpeg 246685 2025-08-04T11:04:24.084019 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia