| Author |
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 |
| Title |
Bertram Cope's Year
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by Eric Eldred, Jerry Fairbanks, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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| Summary |
"Bertram Cope's Year" by Henry Blake Fuller is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around the central character, Bertram Cope, a young instructor navigating the social landscape of a college town called Churchton, as he interacts with the local community and its vibrant personalities, primarily composed of middle-aged women and students. The opening of the book introduces Bertram Cope and sets the stage for his experiences at a college tea, where he becomes the center of attention among the local gentry. Medora T. Phillips, a bold and affluent widow, becomes particularly engaged with Cope, prompting conversations that reveal his self-aware nature and the gentle condescension he feels from older generations. This tea gathering establishes Cope's character as someone both valued and scrutinized by society, and hints at the themes of youth, perception, and societal expectations that will unfold throughout the narrative. The interactions with the characters, particularly Medora and Basil Randolph, create a dynamic social interplay that foreshadows Cope's deeper journey in the world around him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
Gay men -- Fiction
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
8101 |
| Release Date |
May 1, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Aug 3, 2012 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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