Project Gutenberg 2004-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 569 Poole, Ernest 1880 1950 His Family Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Family Produced by Rick Niles, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "His Family" by Ernest Poole is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story centers around Roger Gale, a middle-aged man navigating life after the death of his wife, Judith, and the impact of his three grown daughters—Edith, Laura, and Deborah—on his evolving sense of family and self. The novel explores themes of love, generational change, and the pursuit of happiness amid the complexities of urban life in New York. At the start of the book, we find Roger Gale reflecting on his life and the vibrant yet tumultuous nature of New York City. He reminisces about his past, detailing his rugged upbringing, his marriage to Judith, and the grief he suffered after her death. As he plays chess with his daughter Edith, we see glimpses of the relationships within his family and the changes that have transpired over the years. The narrative sets the stage for Roger’s gradual awakening to the needs of his daughters, as they navigate their personal lives—Edith’s struggles with motherhood, Deborah’s commitment to her teaching, and Laura’s impending marriage to a young man named Harold Sloane—against the backdrop of a city that continues to evolve while his own life feels increasingly caught in an unchanging pattern. This opening establishes a poignant exploration of familial bonds and the existential quest for fulfillment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 92.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Family -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 603159 2025-06-06T08:59:14.754124 text/html 609012 2020-12-18T22:50:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 303717 2025-06-06T08:59:25.754070 application/epub+zip 309968 2025-06-06T08:59:17.571118 application/epub+zip 309968 2025-06-06T08:59:15.903138 application/epub+zip 543153 2025-06-06T08:59:31.877606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485045 2025-06-06T08:59:24.508111 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458049 2022-09-07T16:10:32.069660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559281 2023-10-06T12:51:29.791745 text/plain 16330 2025-06-06T08:59:32.044543 application/rdf+xml 11026 2025-06-06T08:59:16.502120 image/jpeg 3000 2025-06-06T08:59:16.198116 image/jpeg 286342 2025-06-06T08:59:14.808137 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