To Love by Margaret Peterson
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"To Love" by Margaret Peterson is a novel written in the early 20th century. This story explores themes of love, independence, and societal expectations through the eyes of the main character, Joan Rutherford, a young woman navigating relationships and her own autonomy in a challenging world. The narrative delves into her evolving feelings for Gilbert Stanning, against the backdrop of evolving ideas about love and marriage. At the start of the book,
Joan is introduced as a vibrant yet conflicted young woman enjoying a summer day in Hyde Park with Gilbert Stanning, with whom she shares an ambiguous and intense relationship. While they theorize about love and marriage, Joan is internally wrestling with her burgeoning feelings and her understanding of herself, questioning whether her attraction to Gilbert stems from genuine love or physical desire. As she contemplates leaving her life in London and the independence she has fought for, the complexities of her relationship with Gilbert grow, especially when hints of societal shame and the reality of their choices begin to loom over them. The opening sets the stage for a poignant exploration of love's implications and the struggles of personal desire against social norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Peterson, Margaret, 1883-1933 |
|---|---|
| Title | To Love |
| Credits |
Produced by David Clarke, Carla Foust and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 26519 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-26519-3 |
| Release Date | Sep 3, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1822 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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