Project Gutenberg 2011-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 388 Harte, Bret 1836 1902 Harte, Francis Bret Gabriel Conroy Produced by David Edwards, Bill Yeiser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Gabriel Conroy" by Bret Harte is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Gabriel Conroy, a young man who faces desperate circumstances during a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada as he and a group of emigrants navigate survival under harrowing conditions. Their plight echoes themes of human endurance, moral dilemmas, and the struggles of life on the frontier. At the start of the novel, the setting is a harsh, snow-covered landscape that envelops the valley and mountains of California in March 1848. The opening portion introduces the dire situation of Captain Conroy's party, who are lost, starving, and surrounded by looming death. Amidst the overwhelming silence of the snow, a disheveled young man, visibly weakened, makes a desperate trek to find the group. His arrival at a makeshift camp reveals a disturbing reality: the remaining members of the party, having been subjected to starvation, exhibit signs of severe mental and emotional degradation. The narrative richly captures the brutal realities of survival and the depths to which humanity can plunge under extreme conditions, as it deftly establishes the themes and character dynamics that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Western stories California -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 1009340 2025-07-14T16:09:59.135540 text/html 1008456 2024-08-03T08:13:56 text/html 495664 2025-07-14T16:10:13.773936 application/epub+zip 511034 2025-07-14T16:10:02.664487 application/epub+zip 462397 2025-07-14T16:10:00.634485 application/epub+zip 847038 2025-07-14T16:10:21.150913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 773238 2025-07-14T16:10:11.459936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 672890 2022-09-16T14:52:39.902195 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 926196 2025-07-14T16:09:56.963545 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 906291 2024-08-03T08:13:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17762 2025-07-14T16:10:21.279899 application/rdf+xml 9712 2025-07-14T16:10:01.199462 image/jpeg 2738 2025-07-14T16:10:00.934483 image/jpeg 481360 2025-07-14T16:09:59.215503 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