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The Guarded Heights

by Wadsworth Camp (1879–1936)

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  • 101 chapters
  • Reading level: 6th grade

"The Guarded Heights" by Wadsworth Camp is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on George Morton, a young man grappling with his social identity and aspirations after experiencing a downward shift in fortune. He becomes enamored with Sylvia Planter, the daughter of a wealthy family, creating a dynamic of class struggle and personal ambition as he attempts to ascend beyond his humble beginnings. At the start of the novel, George Morton reflects on his changing circumstances, having recently lost his family's livery business due to the rise of automobiles. He now finds himself working on the Planter estate, where he meets the beautiful and spirited Sylvia. As he becomes her horse caretaker, George is drawn to Sylvia's confident charm, igniting a desire to prove himself worthy of her affection. Despite feelings of inferiority and the harsh realities of class distinctions, George's determination to rise above his humble roots begins to form, setting the stage for a journey of ambition, rivalry, and the quest for love.

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Chapter I

OAKMONT

George Morton never could be certain when he first conceived the preposterous idea that Sylvia Planter ought to belong to him. The full realization, at any rate, came all at once, unexpectedly, destroying his dreary outlook, urging him to fantastic heights, and, for that matter, to rather curious depths.

It was, altogether, a year of violent change. After a precarious survival of a rural education he had done his best to save his father's livery business which cheap automobiles had persistently undermined. He liked that, for he had spent his vacations, all his spare hours, indeed, at the stable or on the road, so that by the time the crash came he knew more of horses and rode better than any hunting, polo-playing gentleman he had ever seen about that rich countryside. Nor was there any one near his own age who could stand up to him in a rough-and-tumble argument. Yet he wondered why he was restless, not appreciating that he craved broader worlds to conquer. Then the failure came, and his close relation with the vast Planter estate of Oakmont, and the arrival of Sylvia, who disclosed such worlds and heralded the revolution.

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Contents

Show all 101 chapters
  1. Part I
  2. Chapter I
  3. Chapter II
  4. Chapter III
  5. Chapter IV
  6. Chapter V
  7. Chapter VI
  8. Chapter VII
  9. Chapter VIII
  10. Part II
  11. Chapter I
  12. Chapter II
  13. Chapter III
  14. Chapter IV
  15. Chapter V
  16. Chapter VI
  17. Chapter VII
  18. Chapter VIII
  19. Chapter IX
  20. Chapter X
  21. Chapter XI
  22. Chapter XII
  23. Chapter XIII
  24. Chapter XIV
  25. Chapter XV
  26. Chapter XVI
  27. Chapter XVII
  28. Chapter XVIII
  29. Chapter XIX
  30. Chapter XX
  31. Chapter XXI
  32. Chapter XXII
  33. Chapter XXIII
  34. Chapter XXIV
  35. Chapter XXV
  36. Chapter XXVI
  37. Chapter XXVII
  38. Chapter XXVIII
  39. Chapter XXIX
  40. Chapter XXX
  41. Part III
  42. Chapter I
  43. Chapter II
  44. Chapter III
  45. Chapter IV
  46. Chapter V
  47. Chapter VI
  48. Chapter VII
  49. Chapter VIII
  50. Chapter IX
  51. Chapter X
  52. Chapter XI
  53. Chapter XII
  54. Chapter XIII
  55. Chapter XIV
  56. Chapter XV
  57. Chapter XVI
  58. Chapter XVII
  59. Chapter XVIII
  60. Chapter XIX
  61. Chapter XX
  62. Chapter XXI
  63. Part IV
  64. Chapter I
  65. Chapter II
  66. Chapter III
  67. Chapter IV
  68. Chapter V
  69. Chapter VI
  70. Chapter VII
  71. Chapter VIII
  72. Chapter IX
  73. Chapter X
  74. Chapter XI
  75. Chapter XII
  76. Part V
  77. Chapter I
  78. Chapter II
  79. Chapter III
  80. Chapter IV
  81. Chapter V
  82. Chapter VI
  83. Chapter VII
  84. Chapter VIII
  85. Chapter IX
  86. Chapter X
  87. Chapter XI
  88. Chapter XII
  89. Chapter XIII
  90. Chapter XIV
  91. Chapter XV
  92. Chapter XVI
  93. Chapter XVII
  94. Chapter XVIII
  95. Chapter XIX
  96. Chapter XX
  97. Chapter XXI
  98. Chapter XXII
  99. Chapter XXIII
  100. Chapter XXIV
  101. Chapter XXV
  102. Chapter XXVI
  103. Chapter XXVII
  104. Chapter XXVIII
  105. Chapter XXIX
  106. Chapter XXX

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This free edition of The Guarded Heights by Wadsworth Camp comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #33733, released 2010-09-15. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Romance, Novels, American Literature.

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