Project Gutenberg 2005-01-13 Public domain in the USA. 57 Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock 1826 1887 Mulock, Miss Mulock, Dinah Maria Christian's Mistake Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Robin Eugene Escovado "Christian's Mistake" by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik is a novel set in the mid-19th century. The story focuses on Christian Oakley, a young woman who finds herself thrust into the role of a wife and stepmother after marrying Dr. Arnold Grey, a widowed university master. As Christian navigates her new life, she grapples with the complexities of her identity, societal expectations, and her relationships with her husband's children, who are initially wary of her. The opening of the novel portrays the moments immediately following Christian's marriage, highlighting her uncertainty and the emotional turmoil that accompanies her new role. As she interacts with Mrs. Ferguson, her former employer, and her new husband, Dr. Grey, Christian's feelings of inadequacy and her desire to meet the expectations of her husband and his children become evident. The narrative captures her internal struggles as she reflects on her past, the weight of her responsibilities, and the challenges posed by Dr. Grey's three children, setting the stage for the unfolding drama of her adjustment to a life that feels both foreign and like a dream. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 446735 446661 2024-10-06T14:08:04.916712 2023-09-07T04:33:36.028407 text/html text/html 446728 446654 2024-10-06T14:08:05.207656 2023-09-07T04:33:36.184398 text/html text/html 244158 2024-10-06T14:08:14.331605 application/epub+zip 250813 2024-10-06T14:08:08.559627 application/epub+zip 240597 2024-10-06T14:08:07.267610 application/epub+zip 449197 2024-10-06T14:08:18.754589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421066 2024-10-06T14:08:13.539648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393392 2022-09-07T17:47:57.261074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406032 406009 2024-10-06T14:08:04.399649 2023-09-07T04:33:35.637474 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 405780 2020-12-19T04:47:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 156140 2020-12-19T04:47:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18624 2024-10-06T14:08:18.891550 application/rdf+xml 14088 2024-10-06T14:08:07.826615 image/jpeg 3508 2024-10-06T14:08:07.550644 image/jpeg 240866 2024-10-06T14:08:05.253630 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