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_aHoldsworth, Ethel Carnie, _d1886-1962 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe taming of Nan |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2026-04-10 | ||
| 508 | _aEmmanuel Ackerman, chenzw, 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 taming of Nan" by Ethel Carnie Holdsworth is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set between an industrial Lancashire town and its surrounding farms, it centers on the volatile Nan Cherry, her long-suffering porter husband Bill, their impressionable daughter Polly, and the principled young farmer Adam Wild. The story explores domestic tyranny, working-class life, superstition, and the pull between town freedoms and country discipline as a family crisis forces reckonings and choices. The opening of The taming of Nan plunges into a raw dawn scene where Nan’s relentless rage collides with Bill Cherry’s patient strength until a violent flare-up ends their bout and he leaves for work, only for Nan to “sweep him out” with salt and a whispered spell. Nearby, Adam Wild guards his prize wheat from trespassers; a moonlit prank brings Polly and her friends into his field, and after he breaks up their rough play, a humiliating scuffle ends with Adam vengefully kissing Polly before driving her off. That night Polly returns home late to a desolate kitchen and Granny Harker’s stern comfort, only to learn Bill has lost his legs in a rail accident, a shock that exposes the household’s fragility and Polly’s naive restlessness. The section closes as the Cherry clan organizes a bring-your-own feast to welcome Bill back from hospital, revealing a chorus of kin—pious, practical, and comic—poised around the stricken family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cNew York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1919 |
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| 653 | _aPeople with disabilities -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aWorking class -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aEngland, Northern -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aFamilies -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aSpouses -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aScolds -- Fiction | ||
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