Project Gutenberg 2006-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 152 Buck, Charles Neville 1879 1957 Schabelitz, R. F. (Rudolph Frederick) 1884 Schabelitz, Rudolph Frederick The Lighted Match Produced by David Garcia, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) "The Lighted Match" by Charles Neville Buck is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the themes of love and duty, focusing on the character Cara, who struggles with the demands of her royal heritage and her desires for personal freedom. Through her interactions with Benton, the novel unfolds a mix of romantic entanglements and societal expectations. At the start of the novel, a young man and woman wash their hands in a common basin, while a farmer shares a local superstition, hinting at the relationship dynamics between them. The young man, Benton, appears to be charmed by the vibrant young woman, Cara, who expresses a longing for freedom from the constraints that come with her potential marriage to a foreign prince. As they ride in the autumn sunset, their playful banter reveals the depth of their connection, contrasted with Cara’s hidden worries about her royal obligations and the presence of Pagratide, a suitor she is expected to choose. The opening sets a tone of romantic tension and foreshadows the struggle between societal expectations and personal desires that will shape the rest of the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels 430670 2025-07-08T04:04:10.878233 text/html 439199 2006-05-07T09:29:44 text/html 789850 2025-07-08T04:04:19.172223 application/epub+zip 791245 2025-07-08T04:04:13.122217 application/epub+zip 249095 2025-07-08T04:04:11.699264 application/epub+zip 1082380 2025-07-08T04:04:23.694690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1038110 2025-07-08T04:04:17.910246 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376611 2022-09-08T15:57:45.103740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391911 2025-07-08T04:04:09.917227 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 391631 2006-05-07T09:29:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 391624 2006-05-07T09:29:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21307 2025-07-08T04:04:23.829770 application/rdf+xml 11991 2025-07-08T04:04:12.205250 image/jpeg 3190 2025-07-08T04:04:11.950254 image/jpeg 154665 2006-05-07T09:29:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 701282 2006-05-07T09:29:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 154562 2006-05-07T09:29:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 766312 2025-07-08T04:04:10.929236 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 More titles under Lundsford, Hugh en.wikipedia