Project Gutenberg 2025-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 207 Rowland, Henry C. (Henry Cottrell) 1874 1933 Rowland, Henry Cottrell Underwood, Clarence F. 1871 1929 The magnet : $b A romance $aNew York :$bGrosset & Dunlap, $c1910, copyright 1911. Published serially as "The pilot-fish". Al Haines "The magnet: A romance" by Henry C. Rowland is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set aboard a Maine-anchored schooner-yacht, it centers on retired Captain Bell, his three daughters—Cécile, Paula, and Hermione—and their steadfast sailing-master, Christian Heldstrom, whose floating household is shadowed by an eccentric poet, Harold Applebo, in a yawl he trails like a “pilot-fish.” Flirtation, pride, and sudden tests of character entwine as the sisters draw suitors and the poet’s odd chivalry stirs both annoyance and curiosity. The opening of the story introduces the yacht Shark at Shoal Harbour and sketches the family: choleric gourmand Captain Bell, disciplined “Uncle Chris” Heldstrom, coquettish Cécile, gentle Paula, and fiery Hermione. Huntington Wood, an old suitor, visits as the crew watches for the “Pilot-fish,” Applebo, who arrives in his yawl Daffodil; Bell recounts the poet’s whimsical resolve to follow them so he needn’t choose his own course. Wood learns Applebo is secretly devoted to a lady aboard, while Paula and Cécile trade impressions of the odd celebrity; a farcical failed vol-au-vent spurs Bell to vow a chase to shake the pursuer. At dawn, Hermione’s illicit shore shoot ends in a confrontation with a game-warden until Applebo intervenes, after which a prickly, revealing exchange shows his disdain for her poaching, his abstract approach to love, and a startling reaction to Heldstrom’s name, hinting at deeper ties as the excerpt breaks off. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/magnetromance00rowluoft 20250611142609rowland 1910 US Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Courtship -- Fiction Mistaken identity -- Fiction Yachts -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 417302 2025-09-30T07:08:25.596618 text/html 393716 2025-06-14T14:16:24 text/html 1835618 2025-09-30T07:08:30.704658 application/epub+zip 1842089 2025-09-30T07:08:26.395617 application/epub+zip 223553 2025-09-30T07:08:25.978646 application/epub+zip 1966240 2025-09-30T07:08:34.025565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1948772 2025-09-30T07:08:30.313584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383332 2025-09-30T07:08:24.532678 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 363607 2025-06-14T14:16:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17203 2025-09-30T07:08:34.162567 application/rdf+xml 24700 2025-09-30T07:08:26.071617 image/jpeg 3492 2025-09-30T07:08:26.023658 image/jpeg 1872528 2025-09-30T07:08:25.663637 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