Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 199 Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone 1875 1928 Up the Hill and Over E-text prepared by Brendan Lane, Charlie Kirschner, and the Prooject Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Up the Hill and Over" by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story appears to follow the experiences of Dr. Callandar, who embarks on a journey through a picturesque countryside while wrestling with personal challenges, mental fatigue, and physical discomfort. As he travels, he meets various characters, including a small boy and a mysterious young woman named Esther Coombe, who may significantly impact his life and perspective. The beginning of the novel introduces Dr. Callandar as he struggles with the heat and weight of his knapsack while walking between two towns, Wimbleton and Wombleton. He encounters playful children, the distaste of the small boy toward academics, and a firm, intriguing woman who prohibits him from using a local water pump. These initial interactions set a tone of light-heartedness interwoven with deeper themes of struggle and connection, laying the groundwork for Callandar's evolving character and the dynamics that will unfold as he reaches the town of Coombe. As he arrives, he becomes entangled in the lives and troubles of its inhabitants, hinting at a narrative rich in character development and human experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en City and town life -- Fiction Physicians -- Fiction Canada -- Fiction Teachers -- Fiction Drug addicts -- Fiction PS Text Contemporary Reviews Category: Novels 631703 2025-07-05T03:35:15.254582 text/html 631711 631538 2024-11-05T04:52:10.317874 2023-10-05T05:44:59.388472 text/html text/html 308976 2025-07-05T03:35:24.503588 application/epub+zip 317519 2025-07-05T03:35:18.020571 application/epub+zip 314242 2025-07-05T03:35:16.774573 application/epub+zip 545533 2025-07-05T03:35:29.622564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498479 2025-07-05T03:35:23.726724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474793 2022-09-05T08:01:10.436165 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567017 2025-07-05T03:35:14.767615 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 547188 2024-10-28T17:49:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17941 2025-07-05T03:35:29.748511 application/rdf+xml 11111 2025-07-05T03:35:17.269581 image/jpeg 2774 2025-07-05T03:35:17.018584 image/jpeg 302959 2025-07-05T03:35:15.302593 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