Project Gutenberg 2005-08-15 Public domain in the USA. 201 Marks, Percy 1891 1956 The Plastic Age Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plastic_Age Produced by Scott G. Sims and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Plastic Age" by Percy Marks is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story captures the journey of Hugh Carver, a young and naive freshman at Sanford College as he navigates the ups and downs of college life, including friendships, academic pressures, and romantic entanglements. As Hugh adjusts to his new environment, he experiences the vitality and challenges of youth in a vibrant college setting filled with varied characters and social dynamics. At the start of the story, Hugh Carver arrives at Sanford College, excited and apprehensive about beginning this new chapter in his life. He reflects on his journey and meets his roommate, Carl Peters, whose charismatic and bold personality starkly contrasts with Hugh's more reserved nature. Through their interactions, readers gain insight into the competitive and sometimes daunting landscape of college life, with upperclassman dynamics and the pressure to fit in. The opening sets the stage for themes of self-discovery, peer relationships, and the complexities of growing up, as Hugh grapples with his identity and path forward in this bustling collegiate environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature Category: History - Schools & Universities 475749 2025-08-07T07:31:16.664769 text/html 456474 2025-06-06T15:00:53 text/html 1437960 2025-08-07T07:31:24.654730 application/epub+zip 1441893 2025-08-07T07:31:18.710777 application/epub+zip 253108 2025-08-07T07:31:17.458765 application/epub+zip 1623039 2025-08-07T07:31:29.290733 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1589410 2025-08-07T07:31:23.655782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383131 2022-09-08T06:00:15.792150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437076 2025-08-07T07:31:15.295802 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 417297 2025-06-06T15:00:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16394 2025-08-07T07:31:29.435723 application/rdf+xml 12033 2025-08-07T07:31:17.966779 image/jpeg 3179 2025-08-07T07:31:17.710769 image/jpeg 1386483 2025-08-07T07:31:16.744816 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