Project Gutenberg 2005-05-16 Public domain in the USA. 61 Conquest, Joan 1883 1941 Cooke, Joan Conquest Leonie of the Jungle Reading ease score: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Al Haines "Leonie of the Jungle" by Joan Conquest is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story seems to revolve around the experiences of a young girl named Leonie, who exhibits unusual behavior, including sleepwalking and vivid dreams filled with exotic imagery, partly influenced by her Indian heritage. The interactions she has with adults and her delicate emotional state suggest underlying themes of childhood innocence, trauma, and the complexities of growing up. The opening of the novel introduces us to Leonie, a sensitive and imaginative seven-year-old girl who is upset over the death of her kitten. We see her communicate with the adults around her, particularly Sir Jonathan Cuxson, a brain specialist who appears to have a compassionate but firm demeanor. Throughout her interactions, Leonie's grief manifests in her imaginative tales of dreams that include tigers and a mysterious black woman. Her aunt, Lady Hetth, seems overwhelmed and anxious about Leonie's peculiarities, revealing both concern for her niece's well-being and her struggle with social expectations. The narrative hints at deeper issues related to Leonie's psyche and sets the stage for her emotional journey, underlining a stark contrast between the whimsical innocence of childhood and the more complex adult world surrounding her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 573599 573544 2024-10-07T07:33:55.553445 2023-09-07T08:46:27.105733 text/html text/html 573592 573537 2024-10-07T07:33:55.879428 2023-09-07T08:46:27.293752 text/html text/html 282322 2024-10-07T07:34:05.199356 application/epub+zip 291059 2024-10-07T07:33:58.040383 application/epub+zip 291058 2024-10-07T07:33:56.706398 application/epub+zip 528865 2024-10-07T07:34:11.137323 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471606 2024-10-07T07:34:04.319388 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448174 2022-09-07T23:58:57.246364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 508300 508296 2024-10-07T07:33:55.043455 2023-09-07T08:46:26.719734 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 508148 2020-12-14T12:04:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 198269 2020-12-14T12:04:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 508139 2020-12-14T12:04:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 198192 2020-12-14T12:04:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20659 2024-10-07T07:34:11.281318 application/rdf+xml 12057 2024-10-07T07:33:57.272402 image/jpeg 3179 2024-10-07T07:33:56.989410 image/jpeg 277029 2024-10-07T07:33:55.929491 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