Project Gutenberg 2022-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 160 Taylor, Mary Imlay 1878 1938 Taylor, M. Imlay (Mary Imlay) McConnell, Emlen 1872 1947 Caleb Trench $aUnited States :$bLittle, Brown & Company,$c1910. D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by University of California libraries) "Caleb Trench" by Mary Imlay Taylor is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces the central character, Caleb Trench, a shopkeeper and aspiring lawyer, whose strong moral compass sets him apart in a small southern community navigating social class tensions and political strife. The narrative focuses on his interactions with the well-bred yet conflicted Diana Royall, establishing a dynamic that suggests deeper themes of honesty, social status, and potential romance. At the start of the novel, we find Diana Royall in her elegant drawing room, discussing an unexpected visit from Caleb Trench, who is honest to a fault, returning six cents in change. This encounter reveals Diana's haughty attitude, foreshadowing her struggle with her feelings towards Trench, whose straightforwardness challenges her perceptions. As the story unfolds, we see glimpses of Trench’s life and character, particularly in his kindness towards a struggling young mother and the friendship he shares with his dog. The initial chapters weave together themes of class disparity, personal integrity, and burgeoning attraction, setting the stage for the developing tension between individual desire and societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/calebtrench00tayliala/mode/2up 20220201145003taylor 1910 us Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Love stories Political fiction Southern States -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 478063 2025-06-27T09:57:53.173372 text/html 477020 2022-10-13T02:22:11 text/html 764937 2025-06-27T09:58:00.902291 application/epub+zip 762414 2025-06-27T09:57:54.669333 application/epub+zip 358504 2025-06-27T09:57:53.846464 application/epub+zip 1293626 2025-06-27T09:58:05.315322 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 994052 2025-06-27T09:58:00.102364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433998 2025-06-27T09:57:52.100424 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 433723 2022-10-13T02:22:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19095 2025-06-27T09:58:05.457329 application/rdf+xml 14505 2025-06-27T09:57:54.067307 image/jpeg 2526 2025-06-27T09:57:53.954315 image/jpeg 162303 2022-10-13T02:22:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 829865 2022-10-13T02:22:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 910888 2025-06-27T09:57:53.224391 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