Project Gutenberg 2005-08-17 Public domain in the USA. 85 Ewing, Juliana Horatia 1841 1885 Ewing, J. H. (Juliana Horatia) Ewing, J.H. Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty Melchior's Dream and Other Tales Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Melchior's dream -- The blackbird's nest -- Friedrich's ballad -- A bit of green -- Monsieur the Viscount's friend -- The Yew-lane ghosts -- A bad habit -- A happy family. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sankar Viswanathan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Melchior's Dream and Other Tales" by Juliana Horatia Ewing is a collection of allegorical stories written in the late 19th century. The narrative embraces themes of family dynamics, childhood innocence, and moral lessons, often through the lens of young protagonists navigating their feelings and relationships. The opening story introduces Melchior, a boy frustrated with his large family, whose Christmas Eve is marked by his longing for solitude and personal enjoyment, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of love, family, and the consequences of selfish desires. The beginning of "Melchior's Dream" focuses on Melchior, the eldest son in a bustling household filled with siblings. He expresses dissatisfaction with the limitations imposed by his large family and yearns for the freedom to enjoy Christmas on his terms. After a conversation with his father about the importance of family and sharing, Melchior is left feeling isolated and embittered. As the night unfolds, he dreams vividly of driving through life with his siblings, confronting the impact of his wishes for solitude. The dream turns into a moral journey, as Melchior grapples with the reality of loss and the intrinsic value of family bonds, laying the groundwork for the themes of growth and understanding that continue throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Children's stories, English Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Literature Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 396408 396409 2024-10-07T11:01:12.713398 2023-09-07T11:24:39.571963 text/html text/html 402002 2020-12-12T09:46:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 146870 2020-12-12T09:46:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 235461 2024-10-07T11:01:25.770326 application/epub+zip 238572 2024-10-07T11:01:16.718360 application/epub+zip 224080 2024-10-07T11:01:14.889366 application/epub+zip 459250 2024-10-07T11:01:30.201299 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423128 2024-10-07T11:01:24.650338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376869 2022-09-08T06:02:54.230912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360034 359924 2024-10-07T11:01:11.539401 2023-09-07T11:24:38.634966 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 359888 2020-12-12T09:46:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 138195 2020-12-12T09:46:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 359915 2020-12-12T09:46:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 138137 2020-12-12T09:46:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22264 2024-10-07T11:01:30.404308 application/rdf+xml 16757 2024-10-07T11:01:15.471361 image/jpeg 4164 2024-10-07T11:01:15.169341 image/jpeg 221222 2024-10-07T11:01:12.748366 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