Her Sailor: A Love Story

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saunders, Marshall, 1861-1947

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Her Sailor: A Love Story" by Marshall Saunders is a romantic novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds around Nina, a spirited young girl poised between the joys of youth and the trials of impending adulthood, as she navigates her relationship with Esteban, her older sailor fiancé. At the start of the narrative, Nina is introduced swinging beneath a willow tree, singing melancholic songs about love, immediately setting the tone for her inner conflict regarding her upcoming marriage to Esteban. Their playful banter reveals their complex relationship, filled with teasing, affection, and underlying tension. Esteban is on the brink of marrying Nina, yet both characters must contend with their preconceptions about love and freedom, with Nina expressing her desire for independence and questioning her preordained fate. This interaction illustrates their contrasting personalities: Nina's youthful defiance and Esteban's seasoned authority. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by David Edwards, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2018-02-13