Project Gutenberg 2024-05-25 Public domain in the USA. 156 Gerould, Katharine Fullerton 1879 1944 Gerould, Katherine Fullerton Vain oblations $aNew York :$bCharles Scribner's Sons, $c1914. Vain oblations -- The mango-seed -- The wine of violence -- On the staircase -- The tortoise -- The divided kingdom -- The case of Paramore. Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "Vain Oblations" by Katharine Fullerton Gerould is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around the tragic events involving Saxe and Mary Bradford, exploring themes of love, faith, and the human spirit in the context of the harrowing experiences faced by Mary as a missionary in Africa and her fiancé Saxe’s desperate quest to find her amidst chaos and suffering. The opening of the story introduces Saxe during a pivotal and desperate phase of his life as he prepares to venture into the heart of Africa in search of Mary, who has encountered a grave ordeal during her missionary work. The narrator reflects on their time together as they traveled, revealing both Saxe’s deep affection for Mary and the emotional toll of their separation. Saxe’s complex feelings toward the possibility of Mary’s survival are intertwined with his understanding of her character and the societal expectations placed on her as a New England woman. This sets the stage for a profound exploration of personal sacrifice and the lengths one will go to for love, while hinting at the tragic fate awaiting the characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/vainoblations00gerorich 20230902105136gerould 1914 US Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories, American American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 403187 2025-06-29T07:24:15.209355 text/html 380869 2024-05-25T09:47:48 text/html 506441 2025-06-29T07:24:21.699207 application/epub+zip 509147 2025-06-29T07:24:17.096300 application/epub+zip 508405 2025-06-29T07:24:16.016272 application/epub+zip 1171354 2025-06-29T07:24:25.115245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1133089 2025-06-29T07:24:20.840267 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368149 2025-06-29T07:24:14.471264 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 348307 2024-05-25T09:47:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16122 2025-06-29T07:24:25.249219 application/rdf+xml 16429 2025-06-29T07:24:16.357221 image/jpeg 2212 2025-06-29T07:24:16.180267 image/jpeg 391727 2025-06-29T07:24:15.245250 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