Project Gutenberg 2005-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 159 Lee, Holme 1828 1900 Parr, Harriet The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax" by Holme Lee is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the titular character, Bessie Fairfax, a young girl navigating a series of challenges and changes in her life, particularly related to her heritage and her relationships with those around her. The early chapters suggest explorations of family dynamics and social expectations during a time that reflects significant societal shifts. The opening of the novel introduces Bessie and her humble upbringing under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie, who have taken her in following the death of her parents. The narrative establishes Bessie's innocence, characterized by her loving nature and her contentment despite limited opportunities. However, the arrival of a letter from her grandfather heralds a significant change, revealing that Bessie is expected to return to her rightful family, which results in a tumult of emotions for her. The chapter sets up a conflict between her established life at Beechhurst and the potential future with the Fairfaxes in Woldshire. Bessie's internal struggle between her loyalty to the Carnegies, who have raised her, and the obligations to her heritage creates a compelling backdrop to her coming-of-age story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 952345 2025-04-07T10:28:12.514087 text/html 964068 2020-12-12T21:55:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 359437 2020-12-12T21:55:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 453502 2025-04-07T10:28:26.225035 application/epub+zip 464468 2025-04-07T10:28:16.707117 application/epub+zip 451719 2025-04-07T10:28:14.992090 application/epub+zip 807516 2025-04-07T10:28:33.435998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 754000 2025-04-07T10:28:24.896077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 711660 2022-09-08T09:10:59.941460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 903277 2025-04-07T10:28:11.010103 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 903146 2020-12-12T21:55:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 347888 2020-12-12T21:55:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 903143 2020-12-12T21:55:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 347783 2020-12-12T21:55:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21332 2025-04-07T10:28:33.575987 application/rdf+xml 15211 2025-04-07T10:28:15.560078 image/jpeg 3742 2025-04-07T10:28:15.276078 image/jpeg 429005 2025-04-07T10:28:12.593130 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