Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 59 Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 Van Dyne, Edith Bancroft, Laura Baum, Lyman Frank Metcalf, Suzanne Akers, Floyd Cooke, John Estes Fitzgerald, Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald, Hugh Staunton, Schuyler Aunt Jane's Nieces Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Afra Ullah, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Aunt Jane's Nieces" by L. Frank Baum is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around the three cousins, Elizabeth De Graf, Louise Merrick, and Patricia Doyle, who are invited to the estate of their wealthy aunt, Jane Merrick, who is in declining health. The narrative explores themes of family dynamics, inheritances, and the disparate personalities of the girls as they vie for their aunt's affection and potential fortune. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Elizabeth De Graf, who receives an unexpected invitation from her Aunt Jane to stay at Elmhurst during the summer. This sparks a tense family conversation regarding Elizabeth's potentially lucrative inheritance and the opinions of her parents regarding Aunt Jane. Following this, we meet Louise Merrick, who also learns about her invitation and seems more interested in ingratiating herself to their aunt for financial gain. Finally, we see the spirited Patricia Doyle, who directly rejects her aunt's invitation, expressing her disdain for the wealthy relative. The opening sets the stage for a competition among the girls for Aunt Jane's favor and ultimately her fortune, laying the groundwork for conflict and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Family -- Juvenile fiction Young women -- Juvenile fiction Cousins -- Juvenile fiction Aunts -- Juvenile fiction Inheritance and succession -- Juvenile fiction Families -- Economic aspects -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 364415 364244 2024-10-05T03:59:28.364093 2023-10-05T05:04:02.516848 text/html text/html 364408 364237 2024-10-05T03:59:28.638097 2023-10-05T05:04:02.708842 text/html text/html 200198 2024-10-05T03:59:36.023046 application/epub+zip 206576 2024-10-05T03:59:30.662128 application/epub+zip 206575 2024-10-05T03:59:29.400146 application/epub+zip 411809 2024-10-05T03:59:40.125050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378643 2024-10-05T03:59:35.209110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350499 2022-09-05T07:02:47.963476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314023 313927 2024-10-05T03:59:27.949155 2023-10-05T05:04:02.155850 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 315270 2020-12-19T15:44:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119344 2020-12-19T15:44:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20630 2024-10-05T03:59:40.254064 application/rdf+xml 15149 2024-10-05T03:59:29.936130 image/jpeg 3850 2024-10-05T03:59:29.666112 image/jpeg 199869 2024-10-05T03:59:28.667138 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia