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 Project Gutenberg 2025-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 139 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. Paul Ralston : $b A novel $aNew York :$bG. W. Dillingham, $c1896, copyright 1897. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Paul Ralston" by Mary Jane Holmes is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story introduces us to the character of Miss Phebe Hansford, a long-time resident of Oak City, who observes the arrival of summer visitors and reflects on her life and the changing times around her. The novel explores her relationships and the community dynamics, particularly focusing on Paul Ralston, a young man who has returned home after traveling abroad, and his connection with Miss Hansford, highlighting themes of friendship, change, and traditional values. At the start of the novel, we meet Miss Hansford as she anticipates the arrival of summer guests in Oak City, hoping for a profitable season. While she watches the boat come in, her thoughts drift to her past and her family, revealing her nostalgia and strong opinions about the modern changes in her community. She eagerly observes Paul Ralston, a favored friend from her past, who unexpectedly appears, sparking memories and deeper reflections about life, her family, and the changes in society. As conversations unfold, Miss Hansford's character is established—she is practical yet sentimental, with a strong moral compass and a critical view of the evolving fashions and behaviors of the people around her. Their interactions set the stage for the relationships and conflicts that will develop throughout the story, particularly in relation to Paul’s engagement to Clarice Percy and Miss Hansford's opinions about the characters within her world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008690170 20210115130939holmes 1896 US Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en American fiction -- 19th century PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 797588 2025-06-29T14:49:20.777574 text/html 771896 2025-02-07T13:56:40 text/html 531801 2025-06-29T14:49:31.176525 application/epub+zip 528124 2025-06-29T14:49:22.891582 application/epub+zip 445436 2025-06-29T14:49:21.804560 application/epub+zip 764267 2025-06-29T14:49:37.367517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 714930 2025-06-29T14:49:30.221565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 718086 2025-06-29T14:49:19.440613 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 698228 2025-02-07T13:56:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16070 2025-06-29T14:49:37.515505 application/rdf+xml 8577 2025-06-29T14:49:22.083572 image/jpeg 1859 2025-06-29T14:49:21.944580 image/jpeg 693390 2025-06-29T14:49:20.847613 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia