000 02718cam a22003613u 4500
001 78216
003 UtSlPG
005 20260610134819.0
006 m
007 cr n
008 260607r20261920utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d
040 _aUtSlPG
041 7 _aen
_2iso639-1
050 4 _aPR
100 1 _aRudd, Steele,
_d1868-1935
245 1 4 _aThe Dashwoods
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2026-03-15
508 _aMWS, Matthew Sleadd, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Dashwoods" by Steele Rudd is a humorous novel written in the early 20th century. It follows the farm-based Dashwood family on a spirited visit to the city, centering on the genial but stubborn patriarch John Dashwood as he navigates urban snobbery, a slippery business acquaintance, and the antics of Robert Staunton’s wayward son Will. The likely focus is comic, episodic scrapes that pit country sense against city swagger, with lively family byplay and satire of courts, officials, and manners. The opening of The Dashwoods shows the family a week into their city stay: most are dazzled, though Mrs. Dashwood pines for home and Maria grumbles about managing her baby. John meets his old friend Robert Staunton, debates land and politics, and agrees to test Robert’s idle son Will for farm work—only for Will to mock him and his daughters until John explodes and reveals himself. The quarrel spills into a farcical office chase, and later the family’s crowded theatre outing turns chaotic with Granny’s loud asides, a crying baby, and a wildly comic bush melodrama that drives Mrs. Dashwood out. Next day John is mistakenly “arrested” by a bailiff as a debtor, rescued by a clerk who knows him, and accidentally blunders up the judges’ staircase, causing courtroom alarm before the sheriff smooths it over; that night he returns late to the hotel and is introduced to a celebrated barrister, setting up more city encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cSydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Ltd., 1920
653 _aHumorous stories
653 _aAustralia -- Fiction
653 _aDomestic fiction
653 _aRural families -- Fiction
700 1 _aMarquet, Claude,
_d1869-1920
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/b2338472
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78216
999 _c118936
_d118936