The Lady of the Aroostook by William Dean Howells
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"The Lady of the Aroostook" by William Dean Howells is a novel written in 1879. Nineteen-year-old Lydia Blood embarks on a transatlantic voyage aboard the Aroostook, the only woman among male passengers, traveling to Venice to pursue her singing career. During the journey, she encounters wealthy Bostonian James Staniford, whose initial condescension transforms into fascination. As storms rage and tensions mount between passengers, Lydia navigates unexpected relationships, jealousy, and danger at sea—a
voyage that will forever change her passage from sheltered innocence to worldly experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Lady of the Aroostook |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_The_Aroostook |
| Credits |
Produced by Eric Eldred, Earle Beach, David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Venice (Italy) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Voyages and travels -- Fiction |
| Subject | Transatlantic voyages -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7797 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 522 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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