Project Gutenberg 2022-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 165 French, Charles Sheldon 08023107 The worship of the golden calf: A story of wage-slavery in Massachusetts $aUnited States :$bCharles Sheldon French,$c1908. Steve Mattern, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Worship of the Golden Calf: A Story of Wage-Slavery in Massachusetts" by Charles Sheldon French is a fictional narrative written in the early 20th century. The story explores the grim realities of wage slavery through the experiences of John Wycliff, a farm laborer struggling against the injustices perpetrated by powerful employers in New England. Central themes include the exploitation of workers, the moral corruption within the church, and societal inequality. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to John Wycliff, who faces not only financial hardship but personal turmoil as his sick child relies on him to provide for the family amidst severe wage cuts imposed by his employer, Jacob Sharp. The story paints a vivid picture of Wycliff's frustrations as he struggles against the deceit of Sharp, who withholds his wages and pressures him into subservience. Through Wycliff's interactions with Sharp and others in the community, the opening lays the groundwork for a larger commentary on social justice and the stark divide between the wealthy elite and the working class, setting the stage for the unfolding conflicts that will arise in their quest for dignity and fair treatment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.112231 20220501061232french 1908 US Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Political fiction Massachusetts -- Fiction Mills and mill-work -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 221821 2025-06-27T10:13:09.574590 text/html 220762 2022-10-24T00:54:26 text/html 655398 2025-06-27T10:13:14.567731 application/epub+zip 653041 2025-06-27T10:13:10.914688 application/epub+zip 382843 2025-06-27T10:13:10.154661 application/epub+zip 1603218 2025-06-27T10:13:17.227608 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1339636 2025-06-27T10:13:13.939629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194819 2025-06-27T10:13:08.951602 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 194434 2022-10-24T00:54:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18183 2025-06-27T10:13:17.359590 application/rdf+xml 13407 2025-06-27T10:13:10.376576 image/jpeg 1798 2025-06-27T10:13:10.263588 image/jpeg 73222 2022-10-24T00:54:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 1274930 2022-10-24T00:54:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 1324416 2025-06-27T10:13:09.607642 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