Project Gutenberg 2012-06-28 Public domain in the USA. 325 Hocking, Joseph 1860 1937 The Passion for Life Produced by Roger Frank, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Passion for Life" by Joseph Hocking is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Francis Erskine, a barrister who, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, decides to retreat to a wooden hut in the seaside village of St. Issey, Cornwall, to live out his last days. Throughout the book, themes of life and death, the search for meaning, and the contrast between light and shadow in existence are explored. The opening of the novel introduces us to Francis Erskine's restless state of mind as he contemplates his life and impending death. After receiving the distressing news from his doctor, he resolves to abandon his London life and relocate to Cornwall for a more peaceful existence. Accompanied by his loyal servant, Simpson, he arrives at St. Issey, where he begins to reflect on his thoughts and encounters the local atmosphere. As he explores his new surroundings and wrestles with profound questions about life and spirituality, a series of visitors—local residents and a vicar—bring him into the fold of village life while hinting at an intriguing mystery surrounding the place he now calls home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40102/40102-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Love stories Spy stories Cornwall (England : County) -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction Sick -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 656534 2025-08-16T09:55:14.747590 text/html 639517 2024-10-23T09:23:06 text/html 405312 2025-08-16T09:55:22.029569 application/epub+zip 414457 2025-08-16T09:55:15.699592 application/epub+zip 302254 2025-08-16T09:55:15.220605 application/epub+zip 616906 2025-08-16T09:55:27.144561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582763 2025-08-16T09:55:21.565603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471055 2022-09-18T11:15:31.997139 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 625803 2025-08-16T09:55:13.080606 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 606070 2024-10-23T09:23:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17424 2025-08-16T09:55:27.424524 application/rdf+xml 18204 2025-08-16T09:55:15.312578 image/jpeg 2813 2025-08-16T09:55:15.266609 image/jpeg 388878 2025-08-16T09:55:14.802606 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