Project Gutenberg 2024-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 129 Herrick, Robert 1868 1938 Herrick, Robert Welch 07004306 The gospel of freedom $aNew York :$bMacMillan Company, $c1898. D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Gospel of Freedom" by Robert Herrick is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Simeon Erard, a struggling artist in Paris, and his interactions with his visitors, including the Anthon family. The themes of ambition, artistic integrity, and societal expectations are explored through Erard's relationships and the contrasting values of those around him. The opening of the novel introduces us to Simeon Erard as he shows his artwork to Mrs. Anthon and her family. Amid their bemused reactions to his paintings, especially a depiction of a woman in a bath, the narrative touches upon the dynamics of artistic expression and the differing perspectives of the characters on art and success. The descriptions are rich and provide insights into Erard's character—an artist who is both desperate for recognition and disdainful of typical societal judgments. The chapter establishes the backdrop of Paris as a place where artistic ambition and societal pressures collide, setting the stage for deeper explorations of identity, aspiration, and the quest for meaningful expression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/gospelfreedom00herrrich 20210623185037herrick 1898 us Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en American fiction -- 19th century PS Text Category: Novels 471738 2025-07-29T04:44:31.091355 text/html 447121 2024-02-27T16:25:17 text/html 444894 2025-07-29T04:44:38.612322 application/epub+zip 442330 2025-07-29T04:44:32.414409 application/epub+zip 320202 2025-07-29T04:44:31.791358 application/epub+zip 639001 2025-07-29T04:44:43.219313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 596665 2025-07-29T04:44:38.085388 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431609 2025-07-29T04:44:30.236402 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 411747 2024-02-27T16:25:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15417 2025-07-29T04:44:43.368310 application/rdf+xml 9792 2025-07-29T04:44:32.001365 image/jpeg 2221 2025-07-29T04:44:31.899367 image/jpeg 399119 2025-07-29T04:44:31.135400 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