Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls by Sarah Orne Jewett
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"Betty Leicester: A Story for Girls" by Sarah Orne Jewett is a novel written in the late 19th century. It follows the journey of a fifteen-year-old girl named Betty Leicester, who embarks on a summer adventure to Tideshead, where she will stay with her grandaunts while her father travels to Alaska. The story explores themes of growth, friendship, and the contrast between old and new as Betty navigates her relationships and begins
to understand her place in the world. The opening of the book introduces Betty and her father during breakfast at a hotel in Boston, highlighting their close bond and setting the stage for Betty's upcoming journey. As they part ways, Betty expresses sadness about her father's trip, emphasizing her longing for connection. The narrative then follows Betty as she takes a train and a packet boat to Tideshead, where she expects to reconnect with her aunts and childhood friends, including Mary Beck. The vivid descriptions of her travels, her emotions of excitement and loneliness, and the encounters along the way establish the novel's focus on a young girl's coming-of-age experience amidst the backdrop of familiar yet evolving relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 |
|---|---|
| Title | Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Girls -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 27923 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-27923-7 |
| Release Date | Jan 28, 2009 |
| Last Update | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1069 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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