
THE SON OF HIS FATHER
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I. OUT IN THE WORLD.
CHAPTER II. LONDON.
CHAPTER III. SUSIE.
CHAPTER IV. ON HIS TRIAL.
CHAPTER V. BROTHER AND SISTER.
CHAPTER VI. BEGINNING LIFE.
CHAPTER VII. A MAN GROWN.
CHAPTER VIII. A NIGHT ADVENTURE.
A young man named John boards a train away from his familiar village, carrying only a few treasured keepsakes—a knitting basket, old photographs, a modest carved bureau. The journey marks his first real step into an unfamiliar world, where the safety of home and the certainty of a known future dissolve into the quiet uncertainty of the rails. As the countryside slips past, he feels both the weight of his departing past and the strange allure of new possibilities that lie ahead.
The narrative follows John’s tentative navigation of city life, his encounters with strangers, and the subtle pressures of expectations placed upon him by family and society. Through gentle introspection and modest adventure, he wrestles with questions of identity, responsibility, and the yearning to carve his own path while still honoring the memories that shaped him. The story unfolds as a thoughtful portrait of a boy on the cusp of adulthood, inviting listeners to reflect on the quiet courage required to step beyond the familiar.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (330K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Release date
Jun 10, 2019
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1828–1897
A remarkably prolific Scottish writer, Mrs. Oliphant moved easily between domestic novels, history, biography, literary criticism, and supernatural fiction. Her sharp portraits of everyday life helped make works such as Miss Marjoribanks and the Carlingford novels enduring favorites.
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