Project Gutenberg 2006-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 136 Prouty, Olive Higgins 1882 1974 Higgins, Olive Chapin Flagg, James Montgomery 1877 1960 Flagg, J. Montgomery The Fifth Wheel: A Novel Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Jacqueline Jeremy, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Fifth Wheel: A Novel" by Olive Higgins Prouty is a fiction work written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Ruth Vars, a young woman navigating the social complexities and expectations of her upper-class New England community. As she makes her social debut and maneuvers through her relationships, particularly with the wealthy Breckenridge Sewall, Ruth confronts the challenges of balancing personal desires with societal ambitions. At the start of the novel, Ruth is introduced as she walks alone in the countryside, reflecting on her life and the pressures of her debut. She describes her upbringing, the expectations placed upon her to succeed socially, and her complicated relationship with her sister-in-law, Edith. As Ruth prepares for her coming-out party, she grapples with feelings of ambition and the weight of familial expectations, all while hinting at her first encounter with Breck. This opening sets the tone for a story about self-discovery, societal influence, and the quest for personal meaning within the confines of social norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 466860 2025-07-08T09:08:04.529964 text/html 473667 2006-10-02T08:10:32 text/html 541152 2025-07-08T09:08:14.097412 application/epub+zip 545200 2025-07-08T09:08:07.881990 application/epub+zip 254079 2025-07-08T09:08:06.394999 application/epub+zip 848302 2025-07-08T09:08:18.848403 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 801450 2025-07-08T09:08:12.955404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396481 2022-09-09T09:26:06.535275 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426510 2025-07-08T09:08:03.437954 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 426330 2006-10-02T08:10:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 426323 2006-10-02T08:10:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22194 2025-07-08T09:08:18.989384 application/rdf+xml 11739 2025-07-08T09:08:06.897937 image/jpeg 3223 2025-07-08T09:08:06.645970 image/jpeg 166681 2006-10-02T08:10:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 532370 2006-10-02T08:10:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 166614 2006-10-02T08:10:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 606493 2025-07-08T09:08:04.577995 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 en.wikipedia