Project Gutenberg 2019-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 488 Dell, Floyd 1887 1969 The Briary Bush: A Novel Produced by ellinora, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Last Edit of Project Info "The Briary Bush: A Novel" by Floyd Dell is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the character Felix Fay, a young man in search of authenticity and purpose as he grapples with his past and aspires to reshape his identity in the bustling city of Chicago. The themes explore the struggle between dreams versus reality and the transformative nature of urban life. At the start of the novel, Felix sits at his desk in the Port Royal Daily Record, reminiscing about his love for the city of Chicago while reflecting on his past experiences, including a heart-wrenching love that has left him yearning for change. He contemplates his desire to escape his life in Port Royal and embrace a more realistic, action-oriented persona. As he inadvertently pushes towards a decision to leave his job and pursue his aspirations in Chicago, his conflicting feelings regarding love and failure come to the forefront, ultimately leading him to assert that he must change his character to succeed in the world that awaits him. The narrative sets the stage for Felix's journey, portraying a young man who longs to reconcile his dreams with the demands of real life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Marriage -- Fiction Journalists -- Fiction American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 873900 2025-06-23T10:53:18.671124 text/html 877081 2019-01-05T17:03:22 text/html 548928 2025-06-23T10:53:33.875054 application/epub+zip 543381 2025-06-23T10:53:20.993958 application/epub+zip 444973 2025-06-23T10:53:19.852071 application/epub+zip 724235 2025-06-23T10:53:42.418968 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 653958 2025-06-23T10:53:32.445908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 555872 2022-09-26T15:35:55.182440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 770069 2025-06-23T10:53:15.879030 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 770283 2019-01-05T17:03:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19386 2025-06-23T10:53:42.600887 application/rdf+xml 8647 2025-06-23T10:53:19.988987 image/jpeg 1536 2025-06-23T10:53:19.921973 image/jpeg 283558 2019-01-05T17:03:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 432354 2019-01-05T17:03:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 435393 2025-06-23T10:53:18.747023 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