Project Gutenberg 2005-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 200 Buck, Charles Neville 1879 1957 Destiny E-text prepared by David Garcia, Stacy Brown Thellend, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by the Kentuckiana Digital Library "Destiny" by Charles Neville Buck is a novel written in the early 20th century. It explores the lives of the Burton family, particularly focusing on the aspirations and struggles of the brothers Ham and Paul, as well as their sister Mary, against the backdrop of rural poverty and familial duty. The book delves into themes of ambition, identity, and the quest for a better life as the characters face both internal and external conflicts. At the start of the story, we meet Paul Burton, a sensitive and musically inclined boy, who is grappling with bullying at school and the expectations of his brother, Ham. Ham is depicted as assertive and ambitious, determined to escape their impoverished life on the family farm and seek greater opportunities. The opening chapters vividly illustrate the boys' contrasting personalities and dreams, culminating in Ham's bold declaration of his aspirations to leave and carve out a name for himself in the world, while Paul longs for acceptance and understanding through his music. The family's struggles are further compounded by socio-economic challenges, setting the stage for the greater conflict between ambition and familial obligation that unfolds throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 779665 2025-07-07T10:03:55.189742 text/html 794763 2020-12-13T06:59:57 text/html 385830 2025-07-07T10:04:05.923183 application/epub+zip 393702 2025-07-07T10:03:57.687730 application/epub+zip 393702 2025-07-07T10:03:56.241741 application/epub+zip 636905 2025-07-07T10:04:12.418117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578364 2025-07-07T10:04:04.773177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554689 2022-09-08T09:27:59.324223 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 724420 2025-07-07T10:03:53.713744 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 723981 2020-12-13T06:59:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 724002 2020-12-13T06:59:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20962 2025-07-07T10:04:12.556109 application/rdf+xml 9533 2025-07-07T10:03:56.758702 image/jpeg 2544 2025-07-07T10:03:56.501689 image/jpeg 286358 2020-12-13T06:59:57 application/octet-stream application/zip 301418 2020-12-13T06:59:57 application/octet-stream application/zip 286236 2020-12-13T06:59:57 application/octet-stream application/zip 360148 2025-07-07T10:03:55.254723 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 More titles under Lundsford, Hugh