The Third Violet by Stephen Crane

"The Third Violet" by Stephen Crane is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the main character, Will Hawker, a painter who returns to his family home in the countryside after time spent in the city. As he settles back into rural life, he encounters romantic interests and aspirations within a social setting filled with families vacationing at the nearby Hemlock Inn. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the bustling scene at a mountain train station, where Will disembarks, feeling an immediate sense of nostalgia and longing as he navigates the chaos of arriving guests. Hawker quickly becomes captivated by a young woman named Miss Fanhall, whose presence sparks both admiration and insecurity within him. As he meets his family and reflects on his artistic aspirations, tension builds both within him and in the competitive dynamics presented by the arrival of a wealthy rival, Oglethorpe. The opening chapters set the stage for exploring themes of love, aspiration, and social class amidst the backdrop of a vibrant summer in the country. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900
Title The Third Violet
Credits E-text prepared by Janet Blenkinship and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (www.archive.org/details/americana)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Love stories
Subject Artists -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 19593
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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