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A newly married woman arrives at her husband's utopian prairie settlement and adjusts from domestic comforts to shared labor and communal routines. The narrative follows daily life around an academy and a close-knit community organized on principles of shared work, non-resistance, and practical communism, while interpersonal tensions and moral questions emerge. External crises — a prairie fire, horse theft, threats of vigilante justice — create suspense, prompting rescues, searches, and difficult decisions. Through episodes of loss, bonding, and a dramatic disappearance and return, the community's ideals and personal loyalties are tested before a conciliatory resolution restores order.

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Title: Perfection City

Author: Adela E. Orpen

Release date: March 3, 2022 [eBook #67549]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: D. Appleton and Company, 1897

Credits: Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Appletons’
Town and Country
Library
No. 212
PERFECTION CITY

PERFECTION CITY

BY
MRS. ORPEN
AUTHOR OF MARGARETA COLBERG, MR. ADOLF, THE CHRONICLES OF THE SID, ETC.
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1897
Copyright, 1897,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.