Project Gutenberg 2010-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 303 Barr, Amelia E. 1831 1919 Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance E-text prepared by Katherine Ward and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance" by Amelia E. Barr is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Peter Van Hoosen, a skilled stone builder influenced by his Dutch Calvinist upbringing, and his beloved daughter Adriana. The narrative explores themes of family, responsibilities, and the emotional complexities of social relationships as Adriana navigates her education, friendships, and budding romance while facing personal challenges. The opening of the novel introduces Peter and his deep bond with his daughter Adriana, emphasizing his pride in her academic achievements and beauty. As Peter encourages Adriana’s aspirations for higher education, the narrative hints at the changing dynamics between the two, especially with their interactions with the wealthy Filmer family. As Adriana develops feelings for Harry Filmer, the story presents intricate social tensions around class and the struggle between personal desires and societal expectations. Through the reflection of the Van Hoosen family life and their relationships with the Filmers, the stage is set for exploring themes of forgiveness, love, and societal judgment in the chapters that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Fiction Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 543077 2025-06-13T13:00:06.350665 text/html 564766 2010-07-17T22:39:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 203029 2010-07-17T22:40:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 291168 2025-06-13T13:00:17.837619 application/epub+zip 302601 2025-06-13T13:00:10.427654 application/epub+zip 281115 2025-06-13T13:00:08.845666 application/epub+zip 558242 2025-06-13T13:00:23.062621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558806 2025-06-13T13:00:16.795650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526567 2022-09-15T08:27:52.092843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492252 2025-06-13T13:00:04.987712 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 491868 2010-07-17T22:35:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 188721 2010-07-17T22:35:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 491877 2010-07-17T22:35:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 188699 2010-07-17T22:35:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20077 2025-06-13T13:00:23.221600 application/rdf+xml 17466 2025-06-13T13:00:09.438776 image/jpeg 3722 2025-06-13T13:00:09.138644 image/jpeg 285622 2025-06-13T13:00:06.397752 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