Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 133 McCutcheon, George Barr 1866 1928 The Flyers Etext produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML file produced by David Widger "The Flyers" by George Barr McCutcheon is a romantic novel written during the early 20th century. The story begins at the Faraway Country Club, where an array of affluent characters mingle amid a biting spring drizzle, each harboring their own secrets and romantic entanglements. The central character, Joe Dauntless, is deeply in love with Eleanor Thursdale, but finds himself embroiled in a complicated web of societal expectations, particularly with Eleanor's mother setting her sights on a wealthy English suitor, Windomshire. The opening portion of the novel sets the stage for a dramatic love story filled with tension and intrigue. As the night unfolds at the club, Dauntless wrestles with his feelings of despair over impending competition for Eleanor's affection. Meanwhile, Eleanor is clandestinely attempting to escape the societal confines placed upon her, culminating in a secret rendezvous with Dauntless, who becomes their only hope for happiness against the backdrop of societal pressures and misunderstandings. The dynamic between these characters hints at the comedic and romantic misadventures that are to come, illustrating themes of love, class, and the quest for true happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 178449 2025-08-03T05:39:44.245127 text/html 178443 2019-05-10T13:02:34 text/html 124824 2025-08-03T05:39:49.172111 application/epub+zip 127078 2025-08-03T05:39:46.120119 application/epub+zip 127079 2025-08-03T05:39:44.916168 application/epub+zip 220648 2025-08-03T05:39:51.445108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207737 2025-08-03T05:39:48.520137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174517 2022-09-03T09:06:08.139039 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149265 2025-08-03T05:39:43.813146 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149046 2013-04-11T18:43:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18353 2025-08-03T05:39:51.565086 application/rdf+xml 10132 2025-08-03T05:39:45.408117 image/jpeg 2841 2025-08-03T05:39:45.164106 image/jpeg 61236 2019-05-10T13:06:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 58325 2013-04-11T18:57:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 121654 2025-08-03T05:39:44.259134 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