Project Gutenberg 2010-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 185 Paine, Albert Bigelow 1861 1937 00005515 The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive. "The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper" by Albert Bigelow Paine is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around a group of four friends—two artists and two writers—who embark on an ambitious endeavor to start a publication called the "Whole Family." It explores themes of aspiration, collaboration, and the contrasts between artistic dreams and harsh realities, offering insights into the struggles of bohemian life during a time of economic prosperity. At the start of the book, the narrative unfolds on New Year’s Eve, capturing the optimism and camaraderie among the four protagonists as they indulge in a lavish dinner at a café. As they discuss their dreams and frustrations with the publishing industry, one of the friends, Barrifield, proposes the idea of launching their own paper at a low subscription price, drawing inspiration from an existing successful model. The camaraderie comes to life through their banter and shared ambitions, and as events progress, they find themselves humbled by the social realities around them, exemplified by their encounter with those waiting in the bread line for assistance. This opening chapter establishes the characters' motivations while hinting at the challenges they will face in their entrepreneurial journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Journalism -- Fiction Newspaper publishing -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Journalism/Media/Writing Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 264314 2025-06-14T04:40:09.336537 text/html 266486 2021-01-07T01:39:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 145772 2021-01-07T01:39:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 238861 2025-06-14T04:40:17.654968 application/epub+zip 239721 2025-06-14T04:40:12.789008 application/epub+zip 167169 2025-06-14T04:40:11.422032 application/epub+zip 413988 2025-06-14T04:40:21.390959 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387095 2025-06-14T04:40:16.742985 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251882 2022-09-15T13:10:13.871782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238103 2025-06-14T04:40:08.666529 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 237936 2021-01-07T01:39:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 88599 2021-01-07T01:39:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 237927 2021-01-07T01:39:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88575 2021-01-07T01:39:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20565 2025-06-14T04:40:21.540952 application/rdf+xml 15613 2025-06-14T04:40:11.998997 image/jpeg 4017 2025-06-14T04:40:11.717000 image/jpeg 222801 2025-06-14T04:40:09.368500 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