02386cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000400011324500190015326400510017230000470022333600260027033700260029633800360032250000310035850801340038952011770052353400450170065300170174565300240176265300390178665300330182565300250185865300380188365300310192185600430195299900170199514863UtSlPG20260610133341.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aDaviess, Maria Thompson,d1872-192414aThe Tinder-Box 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2005-02-01  aProduced by Kentuckiana Digital Library, David Garcia, Chuck Greif, Leonard
Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.  a"The Tinder-Box" by Maria Thompson Daviess is a novel published in the early 20th century that explores themes of love, independence, and the evolving role of women in society. The story follows Evelina Shelby, a recently graduated architecture student returning to her hometown, Glendale, Tennessee, where she grapples with her newfound aspirations for personal freedom and the societal expectations surrounding marriage and gender roles.  The opening of the novel introduces the protagonist, Evelina, as she reflects on her emotional landscape and her relationships with her friends, particularly Jane Mathers, who encourages her to assert herself in love and life. Evelina is posed with a challenge: to navigate her feelings for Richard Hall and Polk Hayes while also being urged to take responsibility for guiding other young women in their romantic choices. Throughout these early pages, we see Evelina's internal conflict between traditional societal roles and her desire for independence, setting the stage for her journey of self-discovery and empowerment amidst the complexities of familial and romantic expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aLove stories  aSex role -- Fiction  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aWomen -- Suffrage -- Fiction  aTennessee -- Fiction  aHarpeth Valley (Tenn.) -- Fiction  aSex differences -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14863  c56251d56251