Project Gutenberg 2025-05-09 Public domain in the USA. 295 Bartlett, Frederick Orin 1876 1945 Bartlett, F. O. (Frederick Orin) Carleton, William Carleton, Will Bartlett, Fred. O. (Frederick Orin) 22019552 Big Laurel $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin Company, $c1922. Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Big Laurel" by Frederick Orin Bartlett is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set in the rural mountains of North Carolina, it explores themes of isolation, longing, and the clash between traditional mountain life and outside influences. The story revolves around Bud Childers, a hardened and self-reliant young mountaineer, and Roxie Kester, a spirited and idealistic girl, as well as the arrival of the outsider Captain Edward Allston, a recently returned soldier, which sets in motion a series of tensions and emotional entanglements among these characters. The opening of "Big Laurel" introduces Bud Childers through his encounter with Roxie Kester at a mountain brook, establishing Bud's intense and possessive interest in Roxie and her cautious, spirited response. Soon after, Captain Allston arrives at the Howe family's summer bungalow following a car accident, bringing with him the worldview and restlessness of a man recently returned from war. The narrative shifts between the perspectives of Bud, Roxie, and Allston, revealing Bud's escalating obsession, Roxie's growing infatuation with her "fairy tale prince," and the burgeoning connection between Allston and Miss Wilmer Howe. Tensions rise when Bud, driven by jealousy and frustration, plots against Allston, but refrains from violence at the last moment upon witnessing a telling scene between Allston and Wilmer. The story’s opening lays a rich groundwork of interpersonal conflict, cultural contrast, and emotional undercurrents among the main characters in this insular mountain community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/biglaurel00bart/ 20210928200117bartlett 1922 us Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Mountain life -- Fiction North Carolina -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 383774 2025-07-30T06:29:11.176034 text/html 359067 2025-05-09T00:37:10 text/html 768815 2025-07-30T06:29:18.553959 application/epub+zip 765911 2025-07-30T06:29:12.851010 application/epub+zip 464808 2025-07-30T06:29:11.850008 application/epub+zip 1647212 2025-07-30T06:29:22.753965 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1360609 2025-07-30T06:29:17.762962 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344101 2025-07-30T06:29:10.229017 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 324217 2025-05-09T00:37:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16176 2025-07-30T06:29:22.961947 application/rdf+xml 14094 2025-07-30T06:29:12.108017 image/jpeg 1934 2025-07-30T06:29:11.977993 image/jpeg 1196914 2025-07-30T06:29:11.231001 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