Project Gutenberg 2007-09-21 Public domain in the USA. 123 Bellamy, Edward 1850 1898 Potts's Painless Cure 1898 Produced by David Widger "Potts's Painless Cure" by Edward Bellamy is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story is set in a college environment and explores themes of love, social interaction, and the complexities of personal relationships. It centers around the protagonist, George Hunt, and his unconventional approach to ending a romantic relationship with Annie, a girl he feels he cannot marry. In the narrative, George Hunt grapples with his feelings for Annie, a kind and earnest girl who has fallen deeply in love with him. Despite initially enjoying her affection, he realizes he does not want to marry and devises a plan to dissuade her love by pretending to be insipid and arrogant. Conducting this "experiment," he engages in increasingly absurd behavior, hoping to make himself unattractive to her. However, as he distances himself from her affection through calculated insincerity, he discovers his own feelings have changed, leading to a climax where his prior schemes culminate in an unexpected revelation of love. Ultimately, his deceptive actions backfire, and he loses Annie, who confronts him angrily, forcing him to confront the depth of his feelings and the impact of his misguided attempts to "cure" her affection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Short stories United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 81815 2025-08-09T12:10:05.970059 text/html 79345 2021-01-26T02:00:25 text/html 101268 2025-08-09T12:10:10.868032 application/epub+zip 100084 2025-08-09T12:10:08.718072 application/epub+zip 81879 2025-08-09T12:10:07.568025 application/epub+zip 208066 2025-08-09T12:10:12.471995 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200854 2025-08-09T12:10:10.241040 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178698 2022-09-10T14:48:28.089921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 69357 2025-08-09T12:10:05.723041 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69319 2018-03-08T06:18:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 68768 2007-09-21T16:41:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20466 2025-08-09T12:10:12.591011 application/rdf+xml 14632 2025-08-09T12:10:08.163015 image/jpeg 3720 2025-08-09T12:10:07.921022 image/jpeg 27390 2018-03-19T05:49:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 29013 2021-01-26T02:00:25 application/octet-stream application/zip 27275 2007-09-21T16:41:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 100954 2025-08-09T12:10:05.979023 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