Project Gutenberg 2005-01-17 Public domain in the USA. 138 Bosher, Kate Langley 1865 1932 How It Happened Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Stephen Schulze and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Team "How It Happened" by Kate Langley Bosher is a novel likely written during the early 20th century. The book introduces readers to a young girl named Carmencita who lives in a modest home and grapples with her family's struggles, shaped by poverty and the loss of her mother. With a spirit full of resilience, she explores her desires for beauty and happiness against the backdrop of her challenging environment. At the start of the novel, we meet Carmencita, who expresses her frustration with the remnants of her late mother's gifts—particularly a gaudy hat she loathes. In a moment of cathartic release, she destroys the hat, symbolizing her desire to break free from the burdens of poverty and ugliness that plague her life. Carmencita's vivacious personality shines through as she talks to herself, dances, and prays for good fortune. Readers see her loving relationship with her blind father, her longing for a better life, and her budding dreams for Christmas, which become central to her journey. The opening sets the stage for themes of hope, personal struggle, and the quest for connection, urging readers to witness Carmencita's vibrant world as it unfolds amid hardship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas stories PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 210821 210906 2024-10-06T14:17:57.145586 2023-09-07T04:40:49.206516 text/html text/html 214984 2020-12-19T05:42:47 text/html; charset=us-ascii 223637 2020-12-19T05:42:48 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 299726 2024-10-06T14:18:04.948550 application/epub+zip 302361 2024-10-06T14:18:00.904609 application/epub+zip 137652 2024-10-06T14:17:59.057552 application/epub+zip 391404 2024-10-06T14:18:07.816501 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371008 2024-10-06T14:18:03.922534 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248294 2022-09-07T17:58:50.398835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198035 197980 2024-10-06T14:17:56.547564 2023-09-07T04:40:48.850515 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 197923 2020-12-19T05:42:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 74604 2020-12-19T05:42:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19458 2024-10-06T14:18:07.951525 application/rdf+xml 13807 2024-10-06T14:18:00.006586 image/jpeg 3523 2024-10-06T14:17:59.560579 image/jpeg 295014 2024-10-06T14:17:57.199601 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