Project Gutenberg 2016-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 186 Hergesheimer, Joseph 1880 1954 The Lay Anthony: A Romance Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by Google Books "The Lay Anthony: A Romance" by Joseph Hergesheimer is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Anthony Ball, a young man grappling with his identity and societal expectations as he navigates life, love, and personal struggles in a small town. The themes of innocence, longing, and the contrast between youthful exuberance and stark reality are central to the narrative. The beginning of the novel introduces Anthony as he interacts with his friends at a local drugstore, revealing his paradoxical nature of projecting a worldly persona while secretly cherishing a sense of innocence. He finds himself caught between his aspirations in baseball and the pressures of conforming to societal norms, particularly as he navigates relationships with women, especially Eliza Dreen, who enters his life with a refreshing perspective. As he grapples with his feelings and external expectations, the opening chapters set the stage for a poignant exploration of youth, desire, and the search for authenticity in a world full of superficiality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Young men -- Conduct of life -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 371385 2025-07-20T16:16:52.970860 text/html 364403 2024-10-23T00:26:50 text/html 208360 2025-07-20T16:17:00.529791 application/epub+zip 215158 2025-07-20T16:16:55.978815 application/epub+zip 200582 2025-07-20T16:16:54.717805 application/epub+zip 392827 2025-07-20T16:17:04.161772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352457 2025-07-20T16:16:59.727776 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333988 2022-09-23T16:51:36.635219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311200 2025-07-20T16:16:52.345840 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 291467 2024-10-23T00:26:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17224 2025-07-20T16:17:04.297744 application/rdf+xml 11569 2025-07-20T16:16:55.259785 image/jpeg 3071 2025-07-20T16:16:54.962807 image/jpeg 203411 2025-07-20T16:16:52.998818 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