Project Gutenberg 2005-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 88 Gilbert, Rosa M. (Rosa Mulholland) 1841 1921 Gilbert, Rosa Mulholland, Lady Mulholland, Rosa Hetty Gray; $b or, Nobody's bairn Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Hetty Gray; or, Nobody's Bairn" by Rosa M. Gilbert is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers on a young girl named Hetty, who is only four years old at the onset of the narrative. She is portrayed as a lively and captivating child, growing up in the idyllic English village of Wavertree, yet she faces the harsh reality of being an orphan without any known parentage. The novel explores her life journey as she navigates feelings of loneliness, longing, and the quest for belonging after being adopted by a wealthy woman, Mrs. Rushton. The opening of the book presents Hetty as a curious and adventurous little girl, caught between the carefree joys of childhood and the sobering reality of her circumstances. We see her interactions with the village’s blacksmith, the horses she adores, and her time spent with Mrs. Kane, the woman who takes her in when she is found abandoned. The narrative establishes Hetty's innocence and vivid imagination as she dreams of capturing butterflies and wonders about the world around her. This initial glimpse into her life sets the stage for the emotional complexities that are to unravel as she is adopted, experiences new luxuries and challenges, and ultimately faces the ramifications of her past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Dogs -- Juvenile fiction Kindness -- Juvenile fiction Social classes -- Juvenile fiction Adopted children -- Juvenile fiction Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 350765 350635 2024-10-07T06:06:01.020521 2023-09-07T07:39:57.596942 text/html text/html 348143 2020-12-14T09:03:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 118587 2020-12-14T09:03:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 198324 2024-10-07T06:06:08.713450 application/epub+zip 202275 2024-10-07T06:06:03.860503 application/epub+zip 182586 2024-10-07T06:06:02.618527 application/epub+zip 335752 2024-10-07T06:06:12.253411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316624 2024-10-07T06:06:07.959496 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281404 2022-09-07T22:22:01.200914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309541 309462 2024-10-07T06:06:00.226497 2023-09-07T07:39:56.955943 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 309288 2020-12-14T09:03:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113124 2020-12-14T09:03:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20866 2024-10-07T06:06:12.388423 application/rdf+xml 10626 2024-10-07T06:06:03.209501 image/jpeg 2911 2024-10-07T06:06:02.911456 image/jpeg 192399 2024-10-07T06:06:01.050530 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