Project Gutenberg 2024-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 126 Lamb, Ruth 1829 1916 Buck, Ruth Lamb, Mrs. (Ruth) Lamb, Ruth Buck Hardy, Paul 1862 1942 Hardy, David Paul Frederick Of no account $aLondon :$bThe Religious Tract Society, $c1893. "Of No Account" by Ruth Lamb is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Adam Livesey, a humble striker in a foundry, who grapples with the burdens of life, his strained relationship with his discontented wife Maggie, and the repercussions of his mother's influence on his upbringing. The novel explores themes of duty, family, and the quest for meaning amidst life's hardships. At the start of the book, we meet Adam Livesey, whose life has been marked by hardship and unfulfilled potential. He reflects on his mother's struggles and how her sorrowful demeanor affected his childhood, leaving him with a deep yearning for love and a sense of worthlessness. As he navigates his solitary life, burdened by the responsibility of caring for his growing family, the arrival of a new manager, Mr. Drummond, introduces the possibility of change. Through subtle connections with Mr. Drummond, Adam begins to hope for a brighter future and contemplates the chance of improving his life, despite his initial resistance to external influences. The opening establishes a poignant narrative of struggle and the faint glimmer of hope for transformation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240406105816lamb 1893 GB Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Working class -- Fiction Christian life -- Fiction Conduct of life -- Fiction Families -- Fiction Spouses -- Fiction Foundry workers -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 357400 2025-07-29T06:21:06.761887 text/html 332930 2024-04-17T16:58:51 text/html 1255112 2025-07-29T06:21:11.332822 application/epub+zip 1259723 2025-07-29T06:21:07.423833 application/epub+zip 199123 2025-07-29T06:21:07.070860 application/epub+zip 1365799 2025-07-29T06:21:14.281799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1346654 2025-07-29T06:21:10.918817 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337669 2025-07-29T06:21:06.136880 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 317981 2024-04-17T16:58:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17299 2025-07-29T06:21:14.425799 application/rdf+xml 22958 2025-07-29T06:21:07.157837 image/jpeg 3330 2025-07-29T06:21:07.112847 image/jpeg 1394715 2025-07-29T06:21:06.835827 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