Project Gutenberg 2017-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 145 Phillpotts, Eden 1862 1960 From the Angle of Seventeen From the Angle of 17 E-text prepared by KD Weeks, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "From the Angle of Seventeen" by Eden Phillpotts is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the life of a young boy named Corkey Major, who is on the brink of adulthood. As he transitions from school to the world of work, the narrative explores his thoughts, ambitions, and the challenges he faces as he secures a clerkship at the Apollo Fire Office in London. The opening of the book introduces us to Corkey, who is summoned to the Doctor's study and learns that he must leave school for a job. Despite his heady ambitions and dreams of a bright future, he feels a mix of excitement and reluctance as he prepares for this new chapter in his life. He grapples with the mixture of pride in securing a clerkship and the sorrow of leaving behind the familiarity of school and friends. The narrative sets the stage for Corkey's journey through London, revealing the bustling city life and the many eccentric characters he encounters, highlighting his naiveté and the harsh realities of adulthood as he navigates this pivotal time in his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en London (England) -- Fiction Clerks -- Fiction Aunts -- Fiction Teenagers -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 324106 2025-06-22T09:35:50.337319 text/html 301208 2024-10-23T02:47:56 text/html 281380 2025-06-22T09:35:56.018331 application/epub+zip 277958 2025-06-22T09:35:51.563282 application/epub+zip 189473 2025-06-22T09:35:50.927306 application/epub+zip 352248 2025-06-22T09:35:59.523283 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323913 2025-06-22T09:35:55.450301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 225749 2022-08-25T07:36:38.218167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282575 2025-06-22T09:35:49.852299 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 262657 2024-10-23T02:47:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17104 2025-06-22T09:35:59.684249 application/rdf+xml 12505 2025-06-22T09:35:51.035277 image/jpeg 2187 2025-06-22T09:35:50.981293 image/jpeg 237174 2025-06-22T09:35:50.374326 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