Project Gutenberg 2020-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 125 Kinkaid, Mary Holland 1861 1948 Kinkaid, Mary Holland McNeish 03007655 Walda: A Novel E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Walda: A Novel" by Mary Holland Kinkaid is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. The narrative follows a small religious community known as Zanah, exploring its customs, the anticipation of a future prophetess named Walda Kellar, and the challenges faced when outsiders interact with their insular society. The primary characters introduced include the thoughtful yet troubled school-master Gerson Brandt and the noble and beautiful Walda, who is poised to assume a significant role within her community. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the village of Zanah through the eyes of a stranger named Stephen Everett, who arrives seeking solitude and knowledge. He forms an immediate connection with Hans Peter, the village fool, and begins to learn about the restrictive lifestyle of the villagers that includes strict prohibitions against worldly temptations, particularly love. As he interacts with Gerson Brandt and Walda Kellar, we see the tension between the colony's rigid rules and the natural human emotions that arise, particularly through Walda's impending role as prophetess and the relationships that teeter on the edge of acceptance and rebellion. The opening sets the stage for a rich exploration of faith, love, and the consequences of isolation in a tight-knit community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en West (U.S.) -- Fiction Religious communities -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 485082 2025-07-25T08:43:52.033044 text/html 465870 2024-10-18T07:54:37 text/html 516067 2025-07-25T08:43:59.154032 application/epub+zip 512715 2025-07-25T08:43:53.341019 application/epub+zip 254797 2025-07-25T08:43:52.717030 application/epub+zip 621812 2025-07-25T08:44:03.470969 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591350 2025-07-25T08:43:58.521992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334244 2022-09-28T17:39:53.338950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423467 2025-07-25T08:43:51.157052 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 403594 2024-10-18T07:54:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16617 2025-07-25T08:44:03.634942 application/rdf+xml 16446 2025-07-25T08:43:52.829019 image/jpeg 2604 2025-07-25T08:43:52.772992 image/jpeg 465069 2025-07-25T08:43:52.074022 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