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 Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 75 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 in Society Reading ease score: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Afra Ullah, Sjaani, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society" by L. Frank Baum is a novel written in the early 20th century that explores themes of social ambition, family dynamics, and the pursuit of societal acceptance. The narrative focuses on three young women—Louise, Beth, and Patricia—who are the nieces of a wealthy man named John Merrick. As their uncle attempts to navigate their entrance into high society, each girl faces the challenges and expectations that come with newfound wealth and status, particularly the influence of societal norms and aspirations. The opening of the story sets the tone through a dialogue between Uncle John and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Merrick, who insists that he hasn't done enough to secure the girls' positions in fashionable society. Uncle John appears bemused by the idea of "social standing," while Mrs. Merrick passionately argues that the girls deserve to be presented to the elite circles of New York. This conversation introduces the central conflict of the book: the struggle between genuine affection, social ambition, and familial duty. As the plot unfolds, we meet the titular nieces and witness their different approaches and responses to the pressures of society, setting the stage for their adventures and misadventures in pursuit of acceptance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Family -- Juvenile fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction Mystery and detective stories Uncles -- Juvenile fiction Cousins -- Juvenile fiction Social classes -- Juvenile fiction Young women -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction Debutantes -- Juvenile fiction Upper class -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 361062 360891 2024-10-05T05:05:00.607831 2023-10-05T05:51:24.456715 text/html text/html 376988 2020-12-19T22:43:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 115529 2020-12-19T22:43:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 194624 2024-10-05T05:05:09.056616 application/epub+zip 193192 2024-10-05T05:05:04.225635 application/epub+zip 174661 2024-10-05T05:05:02.800661 application/epub+zip 411276 2024-10-05T05:05:12.861718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377317 2024-10-05T05:05:08.203775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336404 2022-09-05T08:11:04.302481 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271852 271784 2024-10-05T05:04:59.832652 2023-10-05T05:51:23.803694 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 273085 2020-12-19T22:43:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 106276 2020-12-19T22:43:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 273079 2020-12-19T22:43:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106239 2020-12-19T22:43:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24208 2024-10-05T05:05:12.992684 application/rdf+xml 16531 2024-10-05T05:05:03.435692 image/jpeg 4051 2024-10-05T05:05:03.154645 image/jpeg 193889 2024-10-05T05:05:00.633690 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia