Project Gutenberg 2014-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 134 Howe, E. W. (Edgar Watson) 1853 1937 Howe, Edgar Watson Howe, Ed The Story of a Country Town Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_a_Country_Town Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Story of a Country Town" by E. W. Howe is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book offers a fictional account of life in a small American town, with particular focus on the dynamics of its residents, their struggles, and the influence of religion on their lives. The story is narrated by Ned Westlock, the only son of the stern Rev. John Westlock, which suggests that his perspective will shape the depiction of his father's rigid beliefs and their impact on the community. At the start of the novel, the narrator reflects on his upbringing in Fairview, a prairie district where his family settled among other farmers seeking a better life. He describes the bleak atmosphere of the town, where the influence of his father's strict and unforgiving religious ideology seems to contribute to the general discontent of its residents. The opening chapters introduce key characters, including his father, who cultivates a hard and laborious religion, and Jo Erring, his imaginative friend who aspires to become a miller. Through Ned's observations of life at Fairview, readers are privy to the struggles, ambitions, and interpersonal relationships that define this rural community, setting the stage for deeper explorations of themes such as family, faith, and individuality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 793284 2025-08-19T07:27:43.595478 text/html 777628 2024-10-24T12:47:28 text/html 306084 2025-08-19T07:27:50.709415 application/epub+zip 317953 2025-08-19T07:27:44.480461 application/epub+zip 310828 2025-08-19T07:27:44.055446 application/epub+zip 533735 2025-08-19T07:27:56.210417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478902 2025-08-19T07:27:50.313431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472302 2022-09-21T15:18:23.076189 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759642 2025-08-19T07:27:42.899446 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 739734 2024-10-24T12:47:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16468 2025-08-19T07:27:56.339401 application/rdf+xml 4299 2025-08-19T07:27:44.132479 image/jpeg 1161 2025-08-19T07:27:44.094472 image/jpeg 294064 2025-08-19T07:27:43.662465 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