Project Gutenberg 2022-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 109 White, Grace Miller 1869 1957 Miller, Mary Esther Shewell, Livingston Robert 1833 1904 Shewell, L. R. (Livingston Robert) The shadows of a great city: A romantic story $aUnited States :$bJ. S. Ogilvie,$c1904. Demian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) "The Shadows of a Great City: A Romantic Story" by Grace Miller White is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative is likely set against the backdrop of a wealthy New York society, centering on themes of childhood innocence and familial bonds. The story introduces Annie Benson, her cousin George, and Tom Cooper, who have grown up together as children of privilege, but hints at darker themes of jealousy, deception, and secrets that may threaten their relationships and happiness. The opening of the story paints a vivid scene of youth and playfulness, with children frolicking near a stone mansion. Annie and her cousin Tom share a close bond, while George’s jealousy and mean-spiritedness foreshadow conflict. The dynamic shifts as Tom reveals George’s wrongdoing—stealing money from Annie's father’s safe—setting the stage for the complex interplay of affection, betrayal, and the yearning for reconciliation that will unfold in the story. As the children navigate their relationships, the weight of familial expectations and hidden truths begins to loom, suggesting that the innocence of their childhood is only a prelude to more profound struggles ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:712860 20220427063018white 1904 us Reading ease score: 89.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 243871 2025-06-27T10:14:34.534190 text/html 218524 2024-10-19T01:36:10 text/html 1047524 2025-06-27T10:14:40.604250 application/epub+zip 1045194 2025-06-27T10:14:36.058226 application/epub+zip 408786 2025-06-27T10:14:35.217264 application/epub+zip 2020645 2025-06-27T10:14:43.783660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1986404 2025-06-27T10:14:39.888252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207220 2025-06-27T10:14:33.691199 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 187157 2024-10-19T01:36:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16144 2025-06-27T10:14:43.929680 application/rdf+xml 37325 2025-06-27T10:14:35.439230 image/jpeg 4998 2025-06-27T10:14:35.325240 image/jpeg 1593353 2025-06-27T10:14:34.587212 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