Project Gutenberg 2005-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 156 Keable, Robert 1887 1927 Simon Called Peter Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Called_Peter Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Simon Called Peter" by Robert Keable is a novel written during the early 20th century, specifically post-World War I. The narrative explores themes of love, morality, and the human experience in the context of the chaos and devastation brought on by war, particularly focusing on the contrast between the ideals of compassion and the grim realities faced by soldiers and clergy. At the center of the story is Peter Graham, an idealistic curate who finds himself compelled to serve as a chaplain during the war, and his romantic involvement with Hilda Lessing, whose views on war and duty collide with Peter's emerging sense of purpose. At the start of the novel, Peter is depicted walking through a beautiful London on a Sunday morning, though he is preoccupied with thoughts about an impending war, which serves as foreshadowing of the conflict that will develop throughout the story. He meets Hilda Lessing, who displays an air of privilege and uncertainty about the realities of war, juxtaposing Peter's growing urgency and sense of responsibility. As they discuss the possibility of war, Peter's concerns mount, while their conversation reveals tensions surrounding social expectations, love, and duty. The opening sets a poignant tone that encapsulates the struggle between personal desires and the harsh truths of a world at war, drawing readers in with its emotional depth and complex character dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: British Literature 700433 2025-06-22T00:21:09.224459 text/html 700415 700293 2024-11-06T13:36:00.710694 2023-09-07T04:10:31.510906 text/html text/html 337913 2025-06-22T00:21:29.481835 application/epub+zip 346804 2025-06-22T00:21:17.655899 application/epub+zip 346804 2025-06-22T00:21:12.129406 application/epub+zip 593688 2025-06-22T00:21:39.826782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552269 2025-06-22T00:21:28.604832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525825 2022-09-07T17:13:22.331170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642973 2025-06-22T00:21:08.499463 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 623269 2024-10-28T21:37:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11957 2025-06-22T00:21:39.971755 application/rdf+xml 13986 2025-06-22T00:21:16.876914 image/jpeg 3513 2025-06-22T00:21:16.598431 image/jpeg 331197 2025-06-22T00:21:09.285427 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