Project Gutenberg 2020-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 182 Bonner, Geraldine 1870 1930 00005333 Hard-Pan: A Story of Bonanza Fortunes D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Hard-Pan: A Story of Bonanza Fortunes" by Geraldine Bonner is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a declining San Francisco, teeming with remnants of past fortunes, focusing on the lives of characters tied to the city’s dramatic fluctuations in wealth. Central to the narrative are John Gault, a man caught between his intriguing encounters with Viola Reed, the daughter of a fallen bonanza king, and Letitia Mason, who harbors feelings for him. The opening of the novel sets the stage with a dinner party where characters discuss Colonel Ramsay Reed and his daughter, revealing the complexities and expectations of high society. As the conversations unfold, John Gault's growing interest in Viola becomes evident, contrasting with Letitia's contrasting feelings towards John. After dinner, John visits Viola at her home, a stark juxtaposition to the earlier lavish gathering, where the authenticity of their interactions begins to spark deeper emotions. This initial segment establishes the central themes of social status, unrequited love, and the haunting specter of past opulence that pervades their lives, propelling the reader into the intricacies of each character's motivations and societal roles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Gold miners -- Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 412645 2025-07-25T09:43:14.849694 text/html 410218 2024-10-18T08:41:15 text/html 461551 2025-07-25T09:43:20.268651 application/epub+zip 459209 2025-07-25T09:43:15.803674 application/epub+zip 239079 2025-07-25T09:43:15.337666 application/epub+zip 570769 2025-07-25T09:43:23.734685 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 539880 2025-07-25T09:43:19.734621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319963 2022-09-28T19:42:42.113408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371294 2025-07-25T09:43:14.229644 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 351303 2024-10-18T08:41:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16511 2025-07-25T09:43:23.885608 application/rdf+xml 17559 2025-07-25T09:43:15.454649 image/jpeg 2858 2025-07-25T09:43:15.391640 image/jpeg 426515 2025-07-25T09:43:14.888705 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