Project Gutenberg 2011-10-15 Public domain in the USA. 220 Bindloss, Harold 1866 1945 A Damaged Reputation Produced by Steven desJardins 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.) "A Damaged Reputation" by Harold Bindloss is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against the backdrop of the British Columbia wilderness, where the main character, rancher Brooke, finds himself at a crossroads in life, grappling with the consequences of his decisions and the impact of his past. He is faced with his dwindling prospects, loneliness, and the temptation of returning to a life of comfort and certain responsibilities, while he also struggles with lingering ideals and aspirations he had left behind. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Brooke as he reflects on his life alone in his shanty, accompanied by his comrade Jimmy. While they discuss the state of affairs, Brooke expresses his contemplation of leaving the ranch, which he had invested in but found to be a failure. His thoughts are soon interrupted by the arrival of a group of strangers, which leads to a chance meeting with a young woman named Barbara. This encounter causes Brooke to consider his life choices more deeply, awakening within him a desire for change and a rejection of the complacency he had settled into since abandoning his previous life in England. The narrative sets the stage for an exploration of identity, ambition, and the quest for belonging amidst the harsh realities of frontier life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Love stories British -- Canada -- Fiction Ranchers -- Canada, Western -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: British Literature 643858 2025-06-15T11:11:59.769214 text/html 652610 2011-10-15T14:29:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 254027 2011-10-15T14:35:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 346797 2025-06-15T11:12:12.469222 application/epub+zip 352185 2025-06-15T11:12:03.984229 application/epub+zip 304417 2025-06-15T11:12:02.268227 application/epub+zip 620638 2025-06-15T11:12:18.622116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559085 2025-06-15T11:12:11.070193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491422 2022-09-17T09:42:00.074706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591147 2025-06-15T11:11:58.188219 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 590995 2011-10-15T14:29:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 214164 2011-10-15T14:35:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 591025 2011-10-15T14:33:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 214085 2011-10-15T14:35:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21157 2025-06-15T11:12:18.782112 application/rdf+xml 14010 2025-06-15T11:12:02.859201 image/jpeg 3639 2025-06-15T11:12:02.563242 image/jpeg 323532 2025-06-15T11:11:59.965242 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