Project Gutenberg 2009-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 1403 Sinclair, May 1863 1946 Sinclair, Mary Amelia St. Clair The Combined Maze Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Combined Maze" by May Sinclair is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows John Randall Fulleymore Ransome, affectionately known as Ranny, an ambitious young man wrestling with the constraints of his familial, societal, and personal expectations in Wandsworth, London. As a clerk confined to a dull routine, Ranny yearns for athletic prowess and a more vivid life, grappling with feelings for his friend Winny Dymond, who embodies the excitement he craves. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Ranny's background, touching upon his birth under unfortunate circumstances and his struggles against the legacy of his father's ineptness and alcoholism. Despite this, Ranny remains driven by a passion for physical fitness and the thrill of competition, a stark contrast to his mundane life. The opening details his fascination with the Polytechnic Gymnasium, a place that symbolizes his aspirations. The dynamic of his relationships is highlighted through his interactions with friends like Fred Booty and the elusive Winny, whose presence ignites a mixture of tenderness and complexity within him, setting the stage for further themes of adventure, youthful vigor, and the contrast between societal expectations and personal desires. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en London (England) -- Fiction Married people -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 620384 2025-08-11T14:49:20.747523 text/html 625242 2009-03-31T05:18:02 text/html 270323 2025-08-11T14:49:27.655557 application/epub+zip 279646 2025-08-11T14:49:21.698512 application/epub+zip 258133 2025-08-11T14:49:21.197650 application/epub+zip 463940 2025-08-11T14:49:32.572487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428185 2025-08-11T14:49:27.231498 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407028 2022-09-13T09:12:04.313648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592766 2025-08-11T14:49:19.219539 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 592680 2009-03-31T05:18:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 592673 2009-03-31T05:18:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20618 2025-08-11T14:49:32.720467 application/rdf+xml 14028 2025-08-11T14:49:21.285524 image/jpeg 2368 2025-08-11T14:49:21.240530 image/jpeg 221516 2009-03-31T05:18:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 260759 2009-03-31T05:18:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 221486 2009-03-31T05:18:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 261412 2025-08-11T14:49:20.805512 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