Project Gutenberg 2018-04-15 Public domain in the USA. 455 Kaye-Smith, Sheila 1887 1956 Fry, Sheila Kaye-Smith Sussex Gorse: The Story of a Fight Produced by ellinora, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Sussex Gorse: The Story of a Fight" by Sheila Kaye-Smith is a historical novel set in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around a rural community in the 1830s and captures the tension stemming from the Inclosure Act, which threatens traditional ways of life. The central character, Reuben Backfield, emerges as a passionate and ambitious young man determined to reclaim and cultivate the land known as Boarzell, which has significant personal and communal value. At the start of the story, we witness the Boarzell Fair, a critical social event that highlights the community’s struggles against the backdrop of the impending Inclosure. As discussions unfold, the fairgoers express their anger towards Sir John Bardon, the local squire, for attempting to enclose their communal lands, a move that threatens their livelihoods. Reuben, a fifteen-year-old boy, feels the burden of these changes especially deeply as he grapples with his family dynamics and his father's passive acceptance of their situation. His fiery desire for land ownership becomes evident as he dreams of subduing Boarzell, making it flourish, and ensuring it is not lost to encroaching developments. The opening lays a foundation for themes of ambition, community resistance, and the struggle against oppressive change. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Sussex (England) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature 898411 2025-06-22T15:44:31.345662 text/html 918902 2018-04-15T09:43:22 text/html 409123 2025-06-22T15:44:43.500632 application/epub+zip 417731 2025-06-22T15:44:33.062638 application/epub+zip 410205 2025-06-22T15:44:32.203656 application/epub+zip 660560 2025-06-22T15:44:51.334063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 605422 2025-06-22T15:44:42.437622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602154 2022-08-25T15:49:44.635051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 839401 2025-06-22T15:44:29.092707 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 838935 2018-04-15T09:43:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18810 2025-06-22T15:44:51.493056 application/rdf+xml 9044 2025-06-22T15:44:32.317634 image/jpeg 1618 2025-06-22T15:44:32.261662 image/jpeg 326905 2018-04-15T09:43:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 372534 2018-04-15T09:43:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 370687 2025-06-22T15:44:31.429646 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