Project Gutenberg 2004-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 435 Hughes, Rupert 1872 1956 We Can't Have Everything: A Novel Text file produced by Earle Beach, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "We Can't Have Everything: A Novel" by Rupert Hughes is a work of fiction likely penned in the early 20th century. The novel revolves around the contrasting lives of its characters, particularly focusing on Kedzie Thropp, a naive and ambitious young woman from a small town, who is determined to rise above her humble beginnings and explore the glamorous life of New York City. Through her interactions and entanglements with affluent figures such as Jim Dyckman and Charity Coe Cheever, the story unravels themes of aspiration, disillusionment, and the social dynamics that accompany wealth. At the start of the tale, Kedzie Thropp embarks on her first journey to New York with her family, filled with dreams of witnessing luxury and social prominence. She is introduced as an ordinary girl with extraordinary desires, juxtaposed against the wealth and sophistication she longs to attain. As she arrives in the bustling city, her naïveté is evident, from her excitement about the train ride to her awe of the places she passes. Along the way, we glimpse the lives of Jim Dyckman—a man burdened by the weight of wealth and expectations—and Charity Coe Cheever, whose volunteer work in a war hospital reveals her strength and vulnerability. The opening chapters set the stage for a narrative likely to explore how Kedzie's aspirations, misadventures, and encounters with the privileged can entangle and impact not just her own life, but also the lives of those around her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en New York (State) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 1275568 2025-08-03T10:13:41.983905 text/html 1323989 2021-02-26T01:17:28 text/html 540027 2025-08-03T10:13:57.472315 application/epub+zip 564436 2025-08-03T10:13:45.968895 application/epub+zip 542802 2025-08-03T10:13:44.344925 application/epub+zip 952081 2025-08-03T10:14:06.686327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 863437 2025-08-03T10:13:56.205320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 851252 2022-09-04T04:27:38.203069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1081614 2025-08-03T10:13:38.018915 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1081334 2018-03-15T14:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1070788 2013-06-10T13:26:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1070780 2013-06-10T13:26:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22055 2025-08-03T10:14:06.836283 application/rdf+xml 11760 2025-08-03T10:13:44.895880 image/jpeg 2854 2025-08-03T10:13:44.618876 image/jpeg 421829 2018-03-15T14:44:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 420682 2013-06-10T13:27:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 443685 2021-02-26T01:17:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 420536 2013-06-10T13:27:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 525639 2025-08-03T10:13:42.072896 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