Project Gutenberg 2013-01-18 Public domain in the USA. 137 Pearse, Mark Guy 1842 1930 Pearse, Guy Mark Gold and Incense: A West Country Story E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Gold and Incense: A West Country Story" by Mark Guy Pearse is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book follows the life of Jennifer Petch, a humble yet optimistic woman living in a rural village, as she navigates the challenges of poverty and her husband’s incapacitating injury. Through her philosophical outlook and resilience, Jennifer finds meaning and joy in life's hardships while demonstrating a deep faith and love for her family. The story unfolds as Jennifer marries Sam Petch, a handsome village lad, and together they build a life filled with simple joys until tragedy strikes when Sam suffers a fall that leaves him an imbecile. Despite her dire circumstances and the burden of caring for Sam as well as their two sons, Jennifer maintains an uplifting spirit, believing in the power of gratitude and perspective. Her determination to contribute to their community leads her to save money to offer a half-sovereign to fund a new village chapel, which she proudly names "Gold and Incense." The narrative explores themes of love, sacrifice, and the strength found in optimism, ultimately leading to Jennifer's unexpected success as her situation improves through the help of her community and her own hard work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41870/41870-h/images/i_006.jpg Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en West Country (England) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 74307 2025-08-17T04:59:50.922895 text/html 50738 2024-10-23T13:38:12 text/html 713731 2025-08-17T04:59:54.751854 application/epub+zip 712848 2025-08-17T04:59:52.127830 application/epub+zip 70272 2025-08-17T04:59:51.155844 application/epub+zip 1206872 2025-08-17T04:59:56.304863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1193909 2025-08-17T04:59:53.777841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 95038 2022-09-19T07:13:48.414458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61320 2025-08-17T04:59:50.730863 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41341 2024-10-23T13:38:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16322 2025-08-17T04:59:56.435812 application/rdf+xml 11010 2025-08-17T04:59:51.223855 image/jpeg 2146 2025-08-17T04:59:51.192847 image/jpeg 702480 2025-08-17T04:59:50.961927 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 it.wikipedia