Project Gutenberg 2024-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 127 Roberts, Elizabeth Madox 1881 1941 27022999 My heart and my flesh $aNew York :$bThe Viking Press, $c1927. Gísli Valgeirsson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "My Heart and My Flesh" by Elizabeth Madox Roberts is a novel written in the late 1920s. The story centers around a young girl named Luce Jarvis, her experiences, and her observations of the world around her, capturing the essence of childhood and the vibrant community life in her small town. Through richly detailed settings and intricate relationships, the narrative explores themes of longing, identity, and the complexities of human connections. The opening of the novel introduces Luce as she runs to fetch oil for the lamp, immersing readers into the dimming twilight of her town. As she navigates her surroundings, the imagery of the lamp-lighter and the fading light suggests the passage of time and the transition from innocence to a more complex understanding of the world. Various characters are introduced, from the boisterous Anthony Bell to the enigmatic Miss Bell, revealing intricate layers of community dynamics. The prologue paints a vivid picture of life in Luce's world, hinting at both the mundane and the profound, setting the stage for the deeper exploration of relationships and aspirations that will unfold in the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/myheartmyfleshno00robe/mode/2up 20231111115647roberts 1927 us Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Kentucky -- Fiction Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 493780 2025-06-29T09:33:46.624746 text/html 469396 2024-08-03T18:03:58 text/html 522431 2025-06-29T09:33:52.870751 application/epub+zip 524724 2025-06-29T09:33:47.875686 application/epub+zip 289783 2025-06-29T09:33:47.191728 application/epub+zip 696981 2025-06-29T09:33:56.560768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 666825 2025-06-29T09:33:52.345694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450250 2025-06-29T09:33:45.893714 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 430345 2024-08-03T18:03:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15702 2025-06-29T09:33:56.698660 application/rdf+xml 11635 2025-06-29T09:33:47.441758 image/jpeg 2074 2025-06-29T09:33:47.315703 image/jpeg 489927 2025-06-29T09:33:46.669692 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