Project Gutenberg 2005-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 193 Tupper, Martin Farquhar 1810 1889 Tupper, Martin F. (Martin Farquhar) Tupper, M. F. (Martin Farquhar) The Crock of Gold: A Rural Novel E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) "The Crock of Gold: A Rural Novel" by Martin Farquhar Tupper is a fictional work written in the mid-19th century. The narrative centers around Roger Acton, a laborer dealing with the harsh realities of poverty, discontent, and the lure of wealth in a rural setting. Tupper explores themes of socio-economic disparity, moral struggle, and the impact of greed on the human spirit, presenting a poignant portrayal of the rural working class. The opening of the novel introduces Roger Acton, who awakens before dawn in bleak and cold conditions, emphasizing his toil as a laborer and the discontent that has begun to fester within him. As he prepares for a day of hard work, we learn about his life and the burdens he carries, including the losses he has endured and the hardships that plague his family. With his daughter Grace often reading him verses from the Bible to uplift his spirits, Roger's internal conflict escalates as he fantasizes about a "crock of gold." His discontent grows ever deeper as challenges mount, prompting him to contemplate the morality of his desires and the nature of his existence within a society that seems to favor the wealthy. Thus, the stage is set for a narrative that grapples with the complexities of human experience against the backdrop of rural life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 401777 2025-08-07T09:53:16.143562 text/html 407304 2020-12-12T21:52:00 text/html 246000 2025-08-07T09:53:24.114550 application/epub+zip 248597 2025-08-07T09:53:19.101567 application/epub+zip 231070 2025-08-07T09:53:17.880567 application/epub+zip 449214 2025-08-07T09:53:27.913526 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424304 2025-08-07T09:53:23.229548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357947 2022-09-08T09:03:12.046172 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369427 2025-08-07T09:53:15.558555 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 369090 2020-12-12T21:52:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 369105 2020-12-12T21:52:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20258 2025-08-07T09:53:28.040492 application/rdf+xml 16133 2025-08-07T09:53:18.388544 image/jpeg 3977 2025-08-07T09:53:18.134554 image/jpeg 152685 2020-12-12T21:52:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 160565 2020-12-12T21:52:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 152660 2020-12-12T21:52:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 234675 2025-08-07T09:53:16.176557 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