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100 1 _aDaviess, Maria Thompson,
_d1872-1924
245 1 4 _aThe Tinder-Box
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-02-01
508 _aProduced by Kentuckiana Digital Library, David Garcia, Chuck Greif, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLove stories
653 _aSex role -- Fiction
653 _aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction
653 _aWomen -- Suffrage -- Fiction
653 _aTennessee -- Fiction
653 _aHarpeth Valley (Tenn.) -- Fiction
653 _aSex differences -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14863
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