Project Gutenberg 2005-10-10 Public domain in the USA. 95 Stretton, Hesba 1832 1911 Smith, Sarah Fern's Hollow Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Joel Erickson, Christine Gehring, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Fern's Hollow" by Hesba Stretton is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the life of young Stephen Fern, who lives with his family in a humble cottage at Fern's Hollow, nestled among the hills. As Stephen navigates the struggles of poverty, family responsibility, and the challenges posed by a cruel landowner, the narrative explores themes of resilience, morality, and the desire for a better life. The opening of the novel introduces the reader to the picturesque but harsh landscape around Fern's Hollow and the difficult circumstances faced by Stephen's family. Stephen's father, James Fern, is gravely ill, and there are hints of a troubled past involving the grandfather, who has a history related to a long prison sentence. As James Fern passes away, Stephen is confronted with the weight of his family's future and the duty to care for his younger sister and grandfather. The story sets a poignant tone, establishing the hardships and moral dilemmas that Stephen will face in his quest to uphold his family's legacy against the oppressive forces surrounding them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Fiction Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Christian life -- Fiction Siblings -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations Browsing: Fiction 266858 266873 2024-10-07T12:43:32.012189 2023-09-08T03:42:36.837996 text/html text/html 264562 2020-12-12T17:50:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 98857 2020-12-12T17:50:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 163613 2024-10-07T12:43:37.830153 application/epub+zip 165620 2024-10-07T12:43:33.971163 application/epub+zip 165620 2024-10-07T12:43:32.751177 application/epub+zip 296670 2024-10-07T12:43:41.035125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273966 2024-10-07T12:43:37.073150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240560 2022-09-08T07:56:58.835557 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254248 254121 2024-10-07T12:43:31.377174 2023-09-08T03:42:36.463989 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 254139 2020-12-12T17:50:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 96497 2020-12-12T17:50:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 254130 2020-12-12T17:50:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 96474 2020-12-12T17:50:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22152 2024-10-07T12:43:41.176111 application/rdf+xml 10750 2024-10-07T12:43:33.291152 image/jpeg 2843 2024-10-07T12:43:33.020150 image/jpeg 158430 2024-10-07T12:43:32.037155 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