Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 151 Benson, Stella 1892 1933 Anderson, J. C. O'Gorman, Mrs. This Is the End E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "This Is the End" by Stella Benson is a novel that was written during the early 20th century, specifically in the time of World War I. The book seems to explore themes of idealism and existential questioning through its central character, Jay, a bus conductor who challenges societal norms and her family's conventional expectations. Her journey embodies a quest for meaning amid chaos, particularly in a world turned upside down by war and personal conflicts. The opening of the novel introduces Jay as a unique character with a penchant for questioning everything around her. We see her political and philosophical outlook manifested in her refusal to accept societal conventions, which ultimately leads her to leave her family behind. As the narrative unfolds, we also meet her family, which includes various relatives characterized by their own quirks and less-than-perfect dynamics, each with differing views on life and morality. The beginning sets a rich atmosphere of introspection that hints at Jay's secret world, her desire for freedom, and the exploration of deep existential themes against the backdrop of an uncertain and changing society. The conflicts introduced promise a layered narrative filled with the struggle between individual desires and societal pressures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en London (England) -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 288823 2025-08-05T07:24:06.239965 text/html 288827 288658 2024-11-05T08:58:06.604854 2023-10-05T08:58:26.474947 text/html text/html 171849 2025-08-05T07:24:11.937948 application/epub+zip 174708 2025-08-05T07:24:08.017938 application/epub+zip 174708 2025-08-05T07:24:06.858963 application/epub+zip 310898 2025-08-05T07:24:14.723955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294477 2025-08-05T07:24:11.279940 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272388 2022-09-05T12:44:48.525125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260094 2025-08-05T07:24:05.918009 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 240300 2024-10-28T18:37:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16989 2025-08-05T07:24:14.852909 application/rdf+xml 12447 2025-08-05T07:24:07.400941 image/jpeg 3193 2025-08-05T07:24:07.118938 image/jpeg 169301 2025-08-05T07:24:06.262965 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