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Title: Patricia
Note: Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by David Garcia and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Patricia" by Caroline Emilia Jacobs is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. This charming tale focuses on the adventurous and kind-hearted young girl, Patricia Kirby, as she navigates her childhood life filled with innocence, imaginative play, and heartfelt interactions with both animals and people around her. As she befriends a stray dog and seeks to find him a home, Patricia demonstrates her compassion while simultaneously getting into humorous and sometimes troublesome predicaments. The opening of the book introduces Patricia on a "fatiguing day," where she discovers a small, homeless dog whom she names Custard. Rather than simply dismissing the dog, she enthusiastically takes it upon herself to care for and find him a loving home, leading her on a series of escapades, including a humorous attempt to introduce him to various families in her neighborhood. Throughout her adventures, we see her thoughtful nature clash with the more rigid views of the adult world around her, particularly represented by her Aunt Julia. As her day unfolds with misunderstandings and lively interactions, the reader is drawn into Patricia’s whimsical yet earnest quest, exemplifying the joys and challenges of childhood exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Jacobs, Caroline Emilia, 1872-1909
EBook No.: 13895
Published: Oct 30, 2004
Downloads: 50
Language: English
Subject: Girls -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Patricia
Note: Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by David Garcia and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Patricia" by Caroline Emilia Jacobs is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. This charming tale focuses on the adventurous and kind-hearted young girl, Patricia Kirby, as she navigates her childhood life filled with innocence, imaginative play, and heartfelt interactions with both animals and people around her. As she befriends a stray dog and seeks to find him a home, Patricia demonstrates her compassion while simultaneously getting into humorous and sometimes troublesome predicaments. The opening of the book introduces Patricia on a "fatiguing day," where she discovers a small, homeless dog whom she names Custard. Rather than simply dismissing the dog, she enthusiastically takes it upon herself to care for and find him a loving home, leading her on a series of escapades, including a humorous attempt to introduce him to various families in her neighborhood. Throughout her adventures, we see her thoughtful nature clash with the more rigid views of the adult world around her, particularly represented by her Aunt Julia. As her day unfolds with misunderstandings and lively interactions, the reader is drawn into Patricia’s whimsical yet earnest quest, exemplifying the joys and challenges of childhood exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Jacobs, Caroline Emilia, 1872-1909
EBook No.: 13895
Published: Oct 30, 2004
Downloads: 50
Language: English
Subject: Girls -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.