Project Gutenberg 2007-12-31 Public domain in the USA. 389 Dixon, Thomas, Jr. 1864 1946 Dixon, Thomas F. Dixon, Thomas The Root of Evil Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Root_of_Evil E-text prepared by David Garcia and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) "The Root of Evil" by Thomas Dixon is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in New York City and the mountains of North Carolina, focusing on the lives of James Stuart, a young lawyer, and his fiancée Nan Primrose amidst a backdrop of rising social conflicts and personal dilemmas. The novel delves into themes of love, ambition, morality, and the fight against corrupt societal influences, with the main characters caught in a web of expectations and desires. The opening portion introduces us to James Stuart, who reflects on his love for Nan while living in New York, watching the world around him with a sense of idyllic joy. However, his happiness is soon overshadowed by the realization that Nan’s mother is scheming to break their engagement by involving affluent suitors like John C. Calhoun Bivens, a millionaire. The tension escalates as James grapples with the prospect of losing Nan due to external pressures and internal conflicts regarding wealth and integrity. As James navigates his relationship with Nan and suitable career choices, a showdown with Bivens looms on the horizon, setting the stage for a confrontation over ideals and love in a rapidly changing society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction Legal stories Chemists -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 701081 2025-06-10T06:17:34.598422 text/html 716982 2007-12-31T15:13:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 507940 2021-01-03T05:44:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 672154 2025-06-10T06:17:45.782323 application/epub+zip 687292 2025-06-10T06:17:36.996346 application/epub+zip 335935 2025-06-10T06:17:35.555373 application/epub+zip 942369 2025-06-10T06:17:52.282307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 916633 2025-06-10T06:17:44.854312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 543960 2022-09-11T08:21:19.830541 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 653584 2025-06-10T06:17:31.521391 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 653217 2021-01-03T05:44:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 251540 2021-01-03T05:44:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 653226 2021-01-03T05:44:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 251501 2021-01-03T05:44:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21281 2025-06-10T06:17:52.428299 application/rdf+xml 12293 2025-06-10T06:17:36.128376 image/jpeg 3323 2025-06-10T06:17:35.839356 image/jpeg 570747 2025-06-10T06:17:34.678398 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