Project Gutenberg 2016-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 177 Merwin, Samuel 1874 1936 Snapp, Frank The Trufflers: A Story Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "The Trufflers: A Story" by Samuel Merwin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Peter Ericson Mann, a playwright struggling with creative burnout and increasingly frustrated by the changing landscape of theater represented by modern women and their new roles, including his fascination with a young woman named Sue Wilde. As he navigates both his artistic decline and his tumultuous interactions with Sue, the narrative explores themes of artistic integrity, gender dynamics, and the complexities of modern relationships. At the start of the book, Peter Mann is depicted as a disheartened playwright whose past successes have dwindled into failures. He meets Sue, a spirited young woman with a boyish appearance, who critiques his work and challenges his worldview. Their conversation reveals Peter's anxieties about women and changes in society, while Sue's bold nature captivates him. As they both confront their beliefs about art, relationships, and societal expectations, the tension between traditional values and progressive ideals unfolds, setting the stage for Peter's awakening and the potential conflict with Sue's evolving ambitions within the new artistic environment of New York City. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Dramatists -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 636709 2025-07-20T16:33:29.204043 text/html 649863 2024-10-23T00:30:55 text/html 1587355 2025-07-20T16:33:37.036062 application/epub+zip 1595466 2025-07-20T16:33:30.438078 application/epub+zip 291742 2025-07-20T16:33:29.777047 application/epub+zip 1774164 2025-07-20T16:33:42.376010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1722095 2025-07-20T16:33:36.251062 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426022 2022-09-23T17:31:33.944795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526726 2025-07-20T16:33:27.653083 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 506971 2024-10-23T00:30:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17636 2025-07-20T16:33:42.516985 application/rdf+xml 10562 2025-07-20T16:33:29.905061 image/jpeg 1611 2025-07-20T16:33:29.840070 image/jpeg 1514303 2025-07-20T16:33:29.275093 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