Project Gutenberg 2005-01-10 Public domain in the USA. 231 Grant, Robert 1852 1940 Unleavened Bread Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unleavened_Bread E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Amy Cunningham, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Unleavened Bread" by Robert Grant is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Selma White, a young schoolteacher navigating her path in a rapidly changing American society, following her marriage to Lewis Babcock, a varnish manufacturer. The narrative explores themes of personal development, ambition, and the evolving role of women during a time of social transformation. The opening of the novel introduces Selma and Babcock as they depart from a wedding, setting the stage for their developing relationship. Selma reflects on her previous life and the constraints she feels from her small-town upbringing and societal expectations, contrasting her aspirations of achieving something greater in a burgeoning city like Benham. Babcock, on the other hand, is portrayed as a devoted husband who yearns for Selma's affection while harboring dreams of a prosperous future. Their early interactions signal Selma's ambivalence toward traditional domestic roles and foreshadow the complexities of her character as she grapples with her desires for independence and influence in a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Category: Novels Category: American Literature 748336 2025-10-06T10:38:33.395710 text/html 726911 2024-10-28T21:41:05 text/html 351380 2025-10-06T10:38:41.839655 application/epub+zip 362666 2025-10-06T10:38:35.475737 application/epub+zip 362666 2025-10-06T10:38:34.234696 application/epub+zip 621264 2025-10-06T10:38:46.850135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599639 2025-10-06T10:38:41.034684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 573486 2022-09-07T17:35:10.077361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 732096 2025-10-06T10:38:32.628750 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 712295 2024-10-28T21:41:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16426 2025-10-06T10:38:46.986136 application/rdf+xml 13731 2025-10-06T10:38:34.744706 image/jpeg 3462 2025-10-06T10:38:34.488713 image/jpeg 348415 2025-10-06T10:38:33.457698 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