Project Gutenberg 2009-06-08 Public domain in the USA. 290 Holt, Mathew Joseph 1866 Holt, Matt J. (Matthew Joseph) 20022862 Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight E-text prepared by David Garcia, Barbara Kosker, 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/) "Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight" by Mathew Joseph Holt is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around John Cornwall, a young lawyer who navigates life and relationships as he embarks on a career in Harlan, Kentucky, amidst the backdrop of coal mining and rural life. The story delves into themes of ambition, community, and the contrast between city and mountain living through Cornwall’s interactions with various characters, including the Saylor family and Mary, a mountain girl. At the start of the novel, we meet John Cornwall, who is introduced through a stream of light-hearted observations about life and the characters within it. The opening chapter details his modest upbringing and aspirations as he moves to Harlan for work with the Pittsburgh Coal & Coke Company. Cornwall's journey takes him to the Saylor family, where he is drawn to Mary, a mountain girl with aspirations of her own. Cornwall’s arrival in Harlan sets the stage for various interactions and developments, illuminating the cultural contrasts between the young lawyer's city background and the traditions of the mountain community he encounters. The atmosphere is characterized by a playful yet poignant exploration of hope, ambition, and the human experience within the socio-economic landscape of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 503276 2025-06-12T05:53:26.961189 text/html 503544 2009-06-08T10:58:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 436024 2009-06-08T11:02:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 527827 2025-06-12T05:53:38.877140 application/epub+zip 531280 2025-06-12T05:53:31.242184 application/epub+zip 265667 2025-06-12T05:53:29.549205 application/epub+zip 787413 2025-06-12T05:53:44.445614 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 741247 2025-06-12T05:53:37.429156 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466165 2022-09-13T12:56:48.266484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458479 2025-06-12T05:53:25.657191 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 458147 2009-06-08T10:53:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 177434 2009-06-08T10:53:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18260 2025-06-12T05:53:44.598595 application/rdf+xml 17260 2025-06-12T05:53:30.138167 image/jpeg 4083 2025-06-12T05:53:29.844169 image/jpeg 525639 2025-06-12T05:53:27.018187 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