Project Gutenberg 2013-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 257 Sedgwick, Anne Douglas 1873 1935 The Dull Miss Archinard Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Dull Miss Archinard" by Anne Douglas Sedgwick is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative unfolds in a picturesque English countryside setting, exploring the lives and relationships of its characters, particularly focusing on the Archinard family and their interactions with their neighbor, Peter Odd. The story hints at themes of love, social expectations, and the complexities of human emotions, particularly through the dynamics between Peter Odd, his wife, and the Archinard sisters, Hilda and Katherine. At the start of the novel, we meet Peter Odd, a contemplative and somewhat melancholic man who enjoys fishing in the serene countryside. His solitude is interrupted by the joyful sounds of the Archinard daughters, which leads to an incident involving the more timid sister, Hilda, who is initially fearful of diving into the water. The events escalate when she jumps in to save Katherine, who is struggling in the water. This action sparks a connection between Peter and the sisters as he helps rescue Hilda, highlighting contrasts in courage and fear between the two girls. As Peter returns to his life at Allersley Manor, the opening chapters set the stage for the exploration of family dynamics, friendship, and the tension between personal desires and societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42109/42109-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 74.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Sisters -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 444819 2025-08-17T06:15:17.617840 text/html 430822 2024-10-23T14:09:49 text/html 394914 2025-08-17T06:15:23.594818 application/epub+zip 400878 2025-08-17T06:15:18.658882 application/epub+zip 221461 2025-08-17T06:15:18.236860 application/epub+zip 551885 2025-08-17T06:15:27.667824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514280 2025-08-17T06:15:23.201865 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335797 2022-09-19T09:09:53.351877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405813 2025-08-17T06:15:16.786882 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 386033 2024-10-23T14:09:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16755 2025-08-17T06:15:27.800792 application/rdf+xml 18576 2025-08-17T06:15:18.335835 image/jpeg 2474 2025-08-17T06:15:18.278844 image/jpeg 386433 2025-08-17T06:15:17.658837 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