Coniston — Volume 02 by Winston Churchill
"Coniston — Volume 02" by Winston Churchill is a novel published in 1906. Set in New Hampshire's political landscape, the story revolves around power broker Jethro Bass, a character based on real politician Ruel Durkee. Churchill drew from his own experience as a state legislator to craft this tale of political influence and corruption in small-town America. The novel became the year's bestseller, sparking controversy when a former senator defended Durkee's reputation.
Readers recognized real New Hampshire locations thinly disguised in Churchill's fictional world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read or download for free
| How to read | Url | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read now! | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3763.html.images | 248 kB | |||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3763.epub3.images | 165 kB | |||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3763.epub.images | 167 kB | |||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3763.epub.noimages | 151 kB | |||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3763.kf8.images | 319 kB | |||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3763.kindle.images | 302 kB | |||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3763.txt.utf-8 | 219 kB | |||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3763/pg3763-h.zip | 164 kB | |||
| There may be more files related to this item. | |||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 |
|---|---|
| Title | Coniston — Volume 02 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coniston_(novel) |
| Credits | Produced by Pat Castevans and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | New England -- Fiction |
| Subject | New England -- Politics and government -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 3763 |
| Release Date | Oct 17, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 244 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |