Project Gutenberg 2017-04-19 Public domain in the USA. 98 Lloyd, Nelson 1873 1933 Lloyd, Nelson McAllister The Chronic Loafer E-text prepared by MWS, Peter Vachuska, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Chronic Loafer" by Nelson Lloyd is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a quaint Pennsylvania village and introduces a cast of characters, most notably the Chronic Loafer himself, a whimsical and humorous figure who is often involved in light-hearted banter among the local men. The book explores themes of community, nostalgia, and the everyday lives of these rural inhabitants, set against the backdrop of the simplicity and charm of small-town life. The opening of the novel presents the village, its store, and the characters who frequent it on a summer day when the G.A.R. Man returns from a reunion. The Loafer, with his ragged attire and quick wit, engages in playful jests about the returnee's appearance. As they reminisce and share stories, a sense of camaraderie and humor emerges, depicting the personalities and quirks of the village. Particularly notable is the G.A.R. Man’s storytelling, which weaves in memories from the Civil War, revealing deeper narratives beneath the light-hearted interactions. The atmosphere is filled with warmth, humor, and a nostalgic longing for the past, blending the mundane with the extraordinary in the lives of the characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 90.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Pennsylvania -- Fiction American fiction PS Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 389593 2025-07-21T14:54:26.252529 text/html 373709 2024-10-23T02:00:06 text/html 206898 2025-07-21T14:54:31.436501 application/epub+zip 208345 2025-07-21T14:54:27.234503 application/epub+zip 201754 2025-07-21T14:54:26.810498 application/epub+zip 327844 2025-07-21T14:54:34.920513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288739 2025-07-21T14:54:31.005585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282471 2022-09-24T21:09:33.711137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354819 2025-07-21T14:54:25.640517 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 335043 2024-10-23T02:00:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17135 2025-07-21T14:54:35.159495 application/rdf+xml 15069 2025-07-21T14:54:26.897527 image/jpeg 2497 2025-07-21T14:54:26.854554 image/jpeg 186962 2025-07-21T14:54:26.285569 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