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A young man in a rural Pennsylvania community confronts expectations of family, courtship, and social convention while a deep friendship becomes central to his life. The narrative follows domestic moments and neighborhood gatherings, then darkens with an upsetting incident leading to accusation, investigation, and a public trial. Letters and intimate scenes reveal doubts, loyalty, and shifting reputations as witnesses testify and new evidence upends earlier judgments. Ultimately the story tracks personal remorse, the reshaping of relationships, and attempts at a fresh start amid lingering community scrutiny.

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Title: Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania

Author: Bayard Taylor

Release date: June 7, 2017 [eBook #54863]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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JOSEPH AND HIS FRIEND:

A Story of Pennsylvania.
BY
BAYARD TAYLOR.
The better angel is a man right fair;
The worser spirit a woman colour'd ill.
Shakspeare: Sonnets.
NEW YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM & SONS,
FOURTH AVENUE AND TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
LONDON:
S. Low, Son & Marston.
1870.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
BAYARD TAYLOR,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
The New York Printing Company,
81, 83, and 85 Centre St.,
New York.

⁂ To those who prefer quiet pictures of life to startling incidents, the attempt to illustrate the development of character to the mysteries of an elaborate plot, and the presentation of men and women in their mixed strength and weakness to the painting of wholly virtuous ideals and wholly evil examples: who are as interested in seeing moral and intellectual forces at work in a simple country community as on a more conspicuous plane of human action: who believe in the truth and tenderness of man's love for man, as of man's love for woman: who recognize the trouble which confused ideas of life and the lack of high and intelligent culture bring upon a great portion of our country population,—to all such, no explanation of this volume is necessary. Others will not read it.