Project Gutenberg 2023-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 186 Martineau, Harriet 1802 1876 Invalid Invalid, An Illustrations of political economy, Volume 5 (of 9) $aLondon :$bCharles Fox, Paternoster-Row, $c1834. The charmed sea -- Berkeley the banker. Emmanuel Ackerman, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 5" by Harriet Martineau is a narrative work written in the mid-19th century. This volume serves as part of a larger series aimed at exploring the principles of political economy through fictional narratives. The opening chapters introduce a group of Polish exiles navigating the harsh wilderness of Siberia, interlacing themes of oppression, personal sacrifice, and the pursuit of freedom against the backdrop of political turmoil. At the start of the narrative, the reader is plunged into a grim scene where Russian officers escort Polish prisoners toward their grim fate in Siberia, setting a somber tone. The characters are lively, yet burdened with their struggles; for instance, Taddeus, who has crippled himself to avoid conscription, and his sister Sophia, who grapples with resentment and grief following their exile. The dynamic among family members reveals deep emotional scars as they journey through a landscape symbolic of their lost homeland and shattered lives. Through their intertwined fates against the chilling expanses of Siberia, Martineau explores broader themes of loss, national identity, and the resilience of the human spirit amidst adversity, firmly rooting the tale in the socio-political context of its time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t54f2b938&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021 20220214155443martineau 1834 gb Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Social problems -- Fiction Didactic fiction, English Political fiction, English PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 810960 2025-07-28T12:29:16.208069 text/html 782575 2023-11-02T15:56:44 text/html 528571 2025-07-28T12:29:26.157509 application/epub+zip 537189 2025-07-28T12:29:18.372080 application/epub+zip 370956 2025-07-28T12:29:17.275102 application/epub+zip 733104 2025-07-28T12:29:32.202511 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675901 2025-07-28T12:29:25.075091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 708326 2025-07-28T12:29:14.631165 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 688396 2023-11-02T15:56:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16551 2025-07-28T12:29:32.361479 application/rdf+xml 16213 2025-07-28T12:29:17.500042 image/jpeg 2224 2025-07-28T12:29:17.389050 image/jpeg 1131370 2025-07-28T12:29:16.278100 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