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 Project Gutenberg 2011-06-23 Public domain in the USA. 188 Vance, Louis Joseph 1879 1933 Cesare, Oscar Edward 1885 1948 Cesare Cesare, Oscar E. Joan Thursday: A Novel E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the 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) "Joan Thursday: A Novel" by Louis Joseph Vance is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. This novel introduces the main character, Joan Thursby, a young shop girl struggling to make her way in a harsh urban environment characterized by poverty and gender-based challenges. As the story unfolds, it seems poised to explore themes of personal aspiration, societal constraints, and the pursuit of freedom against the backdrop of early 1900s New York. The beginning of "Joan Thursday" presents a day in the life of Joan, who is fatigued after a long day of work at a department store. As she waits for a crowded streetcar, her exhaustion is palpable, paralleling her feelings of frustration and despair. Faced with disrespect and harassment from men, Joan contemplates her lost job and uncertain future, revealing her inner struggles against societal expectations. When she finally returns to her family's tenement, she is determined to escape her current life, which she perceives as devoid of hope. Her tumultuous home life is marked by her father's gambling addiction and her family's oppressive circumstances, setting the stage for Joan's bold decision to seek a different path in the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36502/36502-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Actresses -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 717220 2025-08-15T03:57:46.179095 text/html 726231 2018-04-12T15:15:20 text/html 954579 2025-08-15T03:57:54.378010 application/epub+zip 966573 2025-08-15T03:57:47.228085 application/epub+zip 363562 2025-08-15T03:57:46.699057 application/epub+zip 1182349 2025-08-15T03:58:00.120003 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1142250 2025-08-15T03:57:53.853016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540280 2022-09-16T15:52:12.554821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 685001 2025-08-15T03:57:44.418081 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 684503 2018-04-12T15:14:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 684512 2018-04-12T15:13:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21262 2025-08-15T03:58:00.334976 application/rdf+xml 17041 2025-08-15T03:57:46.806030 image/jpeg 2325 2025-08-15T03:57:46.753035 image/jpeg 273468 2018-04-12T15:17:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 890633 2018-04-12T15:17:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 273385 2018-04-12T15:17:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 891311 2025-08-15T03:57:46.250033 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia