Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 150 Daviess, Maria Thompson 1872 1924 The Tinder-Box Produced by Kentuckiana Digital Library, David Garcia, Chuck Greif, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Tinder-Box" by Maria Thompson Daviess is a novel published in the early 20th century that explores themes of love, independence, and the evolving role of women in society. The story follows Evelina Shelby, a recently graduated architecture student returning to her hometown, Glendale, Tennessee, where she grapples with her newfound aspirations for personal freedom and the societal expectations surrounding marriage and gender roles. The opening of the novel introduces the protagonist, Evelina, as she reflects on her emotional landscape and her relationships with her friends, particularly Jane Mathers, who encourages her to assert herself in love and life. Evelina is posed with a challenge: to navigate her feelings for Richard Hall and Polk Hayes while also being urged to take responsibility for guiding other young women in their romantic choices. Throughout these early pages, we see Evelina's internal conflict between traditional societal roles and her desire for independence, setting the stage for her journey of self-discovery and empowerment amidst the complexities of familial and romantic expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Love stories Sex role -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Women -- Suffrage -- Fiction Tennessee -- Fiction Harpeth Valley (Tenn.) -- Fiction Sex differences -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 344358 2025-08-06T11:37:58.161137 text/html 351167 2020-12-19T08:42:23 text/html 461524 2025-08-06T11:38:04.991134 application/epub+zip 464799 2025-08-06T11:38:00.307138 application/epub+zip 208169 2025-08-06T11:37:59.013148 application/epub+zip 602693 2025-08-06T11:38:08.342124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 568851 2025-08-06T11:38:04.127120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281366 2022-09-07T18:44:00.975697 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299841 2025-08-06T11:37:57.381657 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 299648 2020-12-19T08:42:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 299640 2020-12-19T08:42:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21517 2025-08-06T11:38:08.475082 application/rdf+xml 10983 2025-08-06T11:37:59.525162 image/jpeg 3050 2025-08-06T11:37:59.260131 image/jpeg 116742 2020-12-19T08:42:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 379998 2020-12-19T08:42:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 116711 2020-12-19T08:42:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 445197 2025-08-06T11:37:58.211676 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