Project Gutenberg 2006-01-16 Public domain in the USA. 393 Campbell, John 1840 1904 Bell, J. Cawdor Two Knapsacks: A Novel of Canadian Summer Life E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Two Knapsacks: A Novel of Canadian Summer Life" by J. Cawdor Bell is a novel written in the late 19th century. This story centers around the adventures of two young bachelors, Eugene Coristine and Farquhar Wilkinson, who are members of a literary society in Toronto. It explores themes such as friendship, literature, and the yearning for a simpler life through their decision to embark on a hiking trip, shunning the distractions of urban female society. The opening of the novel introduces the main characters, who find themselves at a literary society meeting that ultimately gets adjourned due to a lack of quorum. Determined to escape the heat of the city, they concoct a plan to undertake a pedestrian tour through the Canadian countryside equipped with their knapsacks. As they prepare for their journey, their humorous banter showcases their personalities and sets the stage for the ensuing adventure. Their preparation emphasizes their quirky determination to seek solace in nature while avoiding the company of women, hinting at underlying social commentary as they embark on a trip colored by their literary aspirations and playful camaraderie. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Canada -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels 994516 2025-06-07T13:01:40.908462 text/html 1006541 2006-01-16T13:59:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 385610 2006-01-16T13:59:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 497746 2025-06-07T13:01:56.814365 application/epub+zip 512117 2025-06-07T13:01:45.770376 application/epub+zip 478834 2025-06-07T13:01:43.967388 application/epub+zip 883680 2025-06-07T13:02:05.206280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827057 2025-06-07T13:01:55.377350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 733471 2022-09-08T11:36:31.596595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 939711 2025-06-07T13:01:39.016455 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 939357 2006-01-16T13:51:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 370987 2006-01-16T13:51:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 939373 2006-01-16T13:51:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 370898 2006-01-16T13:51:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20186 2025-06-07T13:02:05.369277 application/rdf+xml 17808 2025-06-07T13:01:44.581418 image/jpeg 3920 2025-06-07T13:01:44.278385 image/jpeg 476551 2025-06-07T13:01:41.000459 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