Project Gutenberg 2013-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 163 Bates, Arlo 1850 1918 The Diary of a Saint Produced by Michael Seow, sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Diary of a Saint" by Arlo Bates is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Ruth Privet, a young woman reflecting on her life, relationships, and struggles through a diary format. Set against a backdrop of changing social expectations, the narrative delves into themes of faith, personal identity, and the complexities of love and duty. At the start of the novel, Ruth shares her thoughts and feelings as she welcomes the New Year. She reflects on the beauty of her surroundings, the challenges of caring for her ailing mother, and her engagement to George Weston. The opening portion introduces a range of secondary characters, including friends and family, who impact her life and thoughts, especially in relation to her conflicted feelings about love and religious belief. Ruth confronts her doubts about her long engagement and grapples with the weight of expectations placed upon her by society and her own moral compass, setting the stage for deeper explorations of her character's journey as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41801/41801-h/images/front_cover.jpg Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Single women -- Fiction Diary fiction Villages -- Fiction New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 545638 2025-08-17T04:42:20.340968 text/html 531046 2024-10-23T13:31:12 text/html 332953 2025-08-17T04:42:27.295906 application/epub+zip 337976 2025-08-17T04:42:21.495957 application/epub+zip 250383 2025-08-17T04:42:20.914938 application/epub+zip 487621 2025-08-17T04:42:31.661923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448723 2025-08-17T04:42:26.503939 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363038 2022-09-19T06:45:16.814406 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505120 2025-08-17T04:42:19.240969 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 485285 2024-10-23T13:31:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17126 2025-08-17T04:42:31.811880 application/rdf+xml 14847 2025-08-17T04:42:21.017942 image/jpeg 1737 2025-08-17T04:42:20.974955 image/jpeg 314866 2025-08-17T04:42:20.389987 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