Project Gutenberg 2023-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 137 Comer, Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) 1865 1929 Comer, Cornelia Atwood Pratt Pratt, Cornelia Atwood A book of martyrs $aNew York :$bCharles Scribner's Sons, $c1896. The ivory series Witherle's freedom -- Serene's religious experience; an inland story -- An instance of chivalry -- A consuming fire -- An unearned reward -- Hardesty's cowardice -- "The honor of a gentleman" -- Rivals -- At the end of the world. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Book of Martyrs" by Cornelia Atwood Pratt is a collection of narratives published in the late 19th century. The stories within explore themes of personal sacrifice, moral dilemmas, and human resilience, often centered around intriguing central characters facing profound life challenges. The opening of the work presents an interesting prelude to the first story, "Witherle's Freedom," which introduces Witherle, a minister who suddenly disappears from his comfortable life, leaving his friends and family bewildered by his abrupt choices. His life had been orderly and fulfilling by societal standards, yet an internal yearning for true freedom compels him to abandon it all for an uncertain existence. The narrative sets up a dramatic exploration of Witherle’s motivations and the consequences of his quest for liberation as he grapples with his inner turmoil upon unexpectedly encountering a former acquaintance, who is eager to understand the reasoning behind his drastic departure. The complex interplay of obligation, fulfillment, and self-discovery creates a thoughtful opening that suggests deeper thematic explorations to come within the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/bookofmartyrs0000come/page/n7/mode/2up 20230320183011pratt 1896 US Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories, American American fiction -- 19th century PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Novels Category: American Literature 219690 2025-07-28T11:43:33.601303 text/html 196972 2023-10-13T17:49:30 text/html 290169 2025-07-28T11:43:39.578278 application/epub+zip 287492 2025-07-28T11:43:35.517325 application/epub+zip 287492 2025-07-28T11:43:34.485341 application/epub+zip 934218 2025-07-28T11:43:42.493297 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 912599 2025-07-28T11:43:38.891352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196138 2025-07-28T11:43:33.253336 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 176308 2023-10-13T17:49:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16373 2025-07-28T11:43:42.654272 application/rdf+xml 26631 2025-07-28T11:43:34.864326 image/jpeg 3126 2025-07-28T11:43:34.656288 image/jpeg 1089319 2025-07-28T11:43:33.632412 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