Project Gutenberg 2010-03-26 Public domain in the USA. 152 Perram, Annie Frances For John's Sake, and Other Stories. For John's sake -- How the foe crept in -- The committee's decision -- The right hand that offended -- "Out of the way" -- Tim Maloney's pig -- The mother's mistake -- The children's supper -- Roland West's mark -- How a husband was lost and found -- Downward steps -- How Jarvis was saved -- Why the angels rejoiced. Produced by Chris Curnow, Lindy Walsh, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "For John's Sake, and Other Stories" by Annie Frances Perram is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The narratives focus on characters grappling with personal and social issues, particularly the effects of alcohol and the importance of abstinence, highlighting the struggles between temptation and commitment. The central character in the title story, "For John's Sake," is Ruth, a parlour-maid who is determined to maintain her pledge of total abstinence for the sake of her fiancé, John, a gardener. The opening of this work introduces Ruth and John as they are engaged and filled with hopes of a future together. However, their relationship is tested when Ruth's commitment to abstain from alcohol contrasts sharply with John's brother, Dick, who has just returned from Australia with a wild lifestyle that threatens John's sobriety. The tension escalates as Ruth expresses her fears for John's wellbeing should he succumb to his brother’s influence, leading to compelling dialogues about trust, personal resolve, and the specter of addiction within their lives. This setup effectively foreshadows the deeper themes of love, sacrifice, and the societal challenges of alcohol consumption that permeate the stories in this collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/31785/31785-h/images/icover.jpg http://book.klll.cc/files/31785/31785-h/images/icover.jpg Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories, English Temperance -- Fiction PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: British Literature Category: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology 312584 2025-08-13T06:18:05.630484 text/html 311277 2021-01-06T09:36:58 text/html 758086 2025-08-13T06:18:11.688476 application/epub+zip 760119 2025-08-13T06:18:06.945456 application/epub+zip 174193 2025-08-13T06:18:06.145462 application/epub+zip 1377780 2025-08-13T06:18:15.262446 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1339341 2025-08-13T06:18:10.800460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246649 2022-09-14T14:48:09.313975 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272642 2025-08-13T06:18:04.844466 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 272475 2021-01-06T09:36:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18891 2025-08-13T06:18:15.407404 application/rdf+xml 31307 2025-08-13T06:18:06.230449 image/jpeg 3728 2025-08-13T06:18:06.187448 image/jpeg 743326 2021-01-06T09:36:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 105685 2021-01-06T09:36:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 739950 2025-08-13T06:18:05.763467 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