Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 61 Bacheller, Irving 1859 1950 Bacheller, Addison Irving Keeping up with Lizzie Reading ease score: 91.9 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Al Haines "Keeping Up with Lizzie" by Irving Bacheller is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in the fictional village of Pointview, Connecticut, and explores themes of ambition, social class, and personal growth through the life of the character Lizzie and the residents surrounding her. The opening of the novel introduces us to Socrates Potter, a clever lawyer and philosopher who observes the social dynamics of Pointview. He notes the extravagant lifestyle of merchants and their families, particularly that of Lizzie Henshaw, whose rise in status and ambition sparks a community-wide competition to keep up with her. Henshaw's father struggles to maintain their grocery business while funding Lizzie's education and lavish lifestyle, leading to a ripple effect of financial strain among other residents. The narrative captures the whimsical, yet critical view of societal pressures as families and individuals chase an idealized version of success, demonstrating how aspirations can lead to both personal and communal discord. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New England -- Fiction Villages -- Fiction United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction Connecticut -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 159433 159377 2024-10-05T09:52:40.157790 2023-10-05T09:34:00.184555 text/html text/html 159426 159370 2024-10-05T09:52:40.392753 2023-10-05T09:34:00.334557 text/html text/html 133238 2024-10-05T09:52:46.971745 application/epub+zip 133847 2024-10-05T09:52:43.616756 application/epub+zip 120606 2024-10-05T09:52:42.361762 application/epub+zip 280403 2024-10-05T09:52:49.375744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265272 2024-10-05T09:52:46.144752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223031 2022-09-06T03:31:03.771773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137856 137852 2024-10-05T09:52:39.872797 2023-10-05T09:33:59.988541 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 139187 2020-12-25T22:40:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54728 2020-12-25T22:40:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19613 2024-10-05T09:52:49.501718 application/rdf+xml 14138 2024-10-05T09:52:42.918765 image/jpeg 3837 2024-10-05T09:52:42.636778 image/jpeg 132494 2024-10-05T09:52:40.406781 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