Project Gutenberg 2006-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 155 Crane, Stephen 1871 1900 Smith, Johnston The Third Violet E-text prepared by Janet Blenkinship and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Third Violet" by Stephen Crane is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the main character, Will Hawker, a painter who returns to his family home in the countryside after time spent in the city. As he settles back into rural life, he encounters romantic interests and aspirations within a social setting filled with families vacationing at the nearby Hemlock Inn. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the bustling scene at a mountain train station, where Will disembarks, feeling an immediate sense of nostalgia and longing as he navigates the chaos of arriving guests. Hawker quickly becomes captivated by a young woman named Miss Fanhall, whose presence sparks both admiration and insecurity within him. As he meets his family and reflects on his artistic aspirations, tension builds both within him and in the competitive dynamics presented by the arrival of a wealthy rival, Oglethorpe. The opening chapters set the stage for exploring themes of love, aspiration, and social class amidst the backdrop of a vibrant summer in the country. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Love stories Artists -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 234419 2025-07-08T09:50:45.984975 text/html 240073 2006-10-20T16:52:57 text/html 154568 2025-07-08T09:50:51.987965 application/epub+zip 154533 2025-07-08T09:50:47.814023 application/epub+zip 154533 2025-07-08T09:50:46.670000 application/epub+zip 310087 2025-07-08T09:50:55.185963 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276185 2025-07-08T09:50:51.213971 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253424 2022-09-09T10:17:00.149199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203642 2025-07-08T09:50:45.187993 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 203277 2006-10-20T16:47:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 203286 2006-10-20T16:47:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21474 2025-07-08T09:50:55.307945 application/rdf+xml 12419 2025-07-08T09:50:47.168978 image/jpeg 3378 2025-07-08T09:50:46.919998 image/jpeg 75462 2006-10-20T16:47:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 82224 2006-10-20T16:53:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 75455 2006-10-20T16:47:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 143892 2025-07-08T09:50:46.002998 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