Project Gutenberg 2005-06-04 Public domain in the USA. 49 Herbert, Mary E. Woman As She Should Be; Or, Agnes Wiltshire Reading ease score: 57.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Early Canadiana Online, Robert Cicconetti, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Woman As She Should Be; Or, Agnes Wiltshire" by Mary E. Herbert is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story centers around Agnes Wiltshire, a young woman grappling with her identity and purpose as she navigates the societal expectations of her time. The novel delves into themes of duty, faith, and personal transformation, as Agnes faces the challenges of a burgeoning sense of spirituality that sets her apart from her materialistic and superficial surroundings. The opening of the novel introduces Agnes as she reflects on her life while gazing at a neglected garden. Her internal struggle is soon interrupted by a visit from Mrs. Gordon, who expresses concern for her well-being. Agnes shares her deep emotional turbulence, catalyzed by the recent death of a close friend, which has forced her to reevaluate her life choices. The narrative reveals her feelings of guilt about her previous existential comfort and the societal pressures she encounters, as well as her desire to devote herself to a more meaningful and devout life, highlighting the tension between her yearning for a deeper connection with spirituality and the pull of her fashionable social context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Canadian fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 214077 214092 2024-10-07T08:14:28.979249 2023-09-07T09:17:43.195432 text/html text/html 212184 2020-12-14T13:53:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 79529 2020-12-14T13:53:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 170238 2024-10-07T08:14:36.691221 application/epub+zip 172651 2024-10-07T08:14:32.883264 application/epub+zip 150981 2024-10-07T08:14:31.475267 application/epub+zip 349316 2024-10-07T08:14:39.566185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336787 2024-10-07T08:14:35.797241 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308115 2022-09-08T00:44:03.295554 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200540 200398 2024-10-07T08:14:28.473269 2023-09-07T09:17:42.818427 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 200281 2020-12-14T13:53:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 76968 2020-12-14T13:53:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 200273 2020-12-14T13:53:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 76950 2020-12-14T13:53:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20953 2024-10-07T08:14:39.692193 application/rdf+xml 16995 2024-10-07T08:14:32.068231 image/jpeg 3817 2024-10-07T08:14:31.785240 image/jpeg 168298 2024-10-07T08:14:28.999267 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