Project Gutenberg 2024-11-15 Public domain in the USA. 169 Craddock, Charles Egbert 1850 1922 Dembry, R. Emmett Murfree, Mary Noailles The windfall : $b a novel $aUnited States :$bDuffield & Company, $c1907. Peter Becker, Mary Meehan 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 Windfall" by Charles Egbert Craddock is a novel written in the early 20th century. This work explores themes of aspiration and the clash between urban and rural life through the eyes of the central character, Hilary Lloyd, a showman who embarks on a journey to run a street fair in the remote town of Colbury located amidst the grandeur of the Great Smoky Mountains. As he struggles to generate interest in his fair, the narrative hints at the complex dynamics between the characters, particularly between Lloyd and the townsfolk, who view his enterprise with skepticism. At the start of the story, Hilary Lloyd arrives in Colbury, facing the daunting challenge of promoting his street fair in an isolated, indifferent town. He is accompanied by his partner Haxon, who is disheartened by the lack of enthusiasm from the local populace and the overwhelming beauty of the surrounding mountains, which contrasts starkly with their dire situation. As the fair preparations unfold amidst physical labor and local commentary, Lloyd's hope battles his sense of impending failure. During a moment of solitude, he encounters Clotilda Pinnott, a local girl, and is captivated by her grace, further complicating his feelings as he grapples with the impending storm—both literally and metaphorically—as he promotes the attractions of his fair while assessing his uncertain place within this rural community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/windfallnovel00murfuoft 20201205075201craddock 1907 us Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Fiction Alcohol trafficking -- Fiction Fairs -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 683602 2025-07-29T13:33:01.625001 text/html 658402 2024-11-15T10:04:43 text/html 527671 2025-07-29T13:33:09.798979 application/epub+zip 527362 2025-07-29T13:33:03.485980 application/epub+zip 460196 2025-07-29T13:33:02.406998 application/epub+zip 1057463 2025-07-29T13:33:14.835961 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1029228 2025-07-29T13:33:08.967980 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 659220 2025-07-29T13:33:00.816994 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 639337 2024-11-15T10:04:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17139 2025-07-29T13:33:14.992919 application/rdf+xml 15764 2025-07-29T13:33:02.867982 image/jpeg 2888 2025-07-29T13:33:02.638985 image/jpeg 3316205 2025-07-29T13:33:01.700002 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