Project Gutenberg 2010-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 134 Loring, Emilie Baker 1864 1951 Story, Josephine The Trail of Conflict E-text prepared by Darleen Dove, Roger Frank, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Trail of Conflict" by Emilie Baker Loring is a novel written in the early 20th century. It explores themes of social class, familial obligation, and personal sacrifice through the lives of its characters, particularly focusing on Peter Courtlandt and his son, Stephen, as they navigate a financially strained situation requiring a marriage of convenience with Geraldine Glamorgan, daughter of an oil magnate. The novel sets the stage for a story filled with emotional conflicts and societal expectations as the characters grapple with their roles and desires against the backdrop of social aspirations. The opening of the story establishes the tense negotiation between Peter Courtlandt and Daniel Glamorgan, where Glamorgan proposes a marriage between his daughter Geraldine and Peter's son Stephen as a means of securing the Courtlandt family estate. As the sons and fathers discuss their respective ambitions and the implications of such a union, we see glimpses of Stephen's internal struggle with feelings of resentment and obligation towards his family's dwindling fortune, contrasted with Geraldine's own contemplation of sacrifice for her father's dreams. The dialogue-rich beginning paints a vivid picture of the characters’ personalities, setting the stage for the unfolding drama rooted in love, pride, and the desire for societal acceptance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Novels 431608 2025-07-14T05:01:13.632576 text/html 436406 2010-10-24T14:36:41 text/html 233148 2025-07-14T05:01:20.504467 application/epub+zip 239423 2025-07-14T05:01:15.616493 application/epub+zip 239423 2025-07-14T05:01:14.441502 application/epub+zip 425932 2025-07-14T05:01:24.307443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406687 2025-07-14T05:01:19.762512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383280 2022-09-15T13:46:26.361638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410725 2025-07-14T05:01:12.770498 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 410482 2010-10-24T14:34:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 410490 2010-10-24T14:34:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20556 2025-07-14T05:01:24.437445 application/rdf+xml 12478 2025-07-14T05:01:14.934505 image/jpeg 3399 2025-07-14T05:01:14.686488 image/jpeg 161380 2010-10-24T14:34:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 166196 2010-10-24T14:38:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 161329 2010-10-24T14:34:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 227135 2025-07-14T05:01:13.676501 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