Project Gutenberg 2006-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 75 Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins 1852 1930 Wilkins, Mary E. (Mary Eleanor) Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins (Mary Eleanor Wilkins) Wilkins, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, Mary Ella Brett, Harold 1880 1955 Brett, Harold M. (Harold Matthews) Brett, H. M. (Harold Matthews) By the Light of the Soul: A Novel Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Jeff Kaylin and Andrew Sly "By the Light of the Soul: A Novel" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Maria Edgham, a sensitive and introspective young girl, as she navigates the complexities of her family’s life, particularly dealing with her mother’s illness and her father's potential remarriage. The narrative delves into themes of childhood innocence, familial bonds, and the emotional turmoil arising from loss and change. The opening of the novel introduces Maria sitting in a church vestry during a prayer meeting, where she is preoccupied with her thoughts about the people around her, including a grieving mother and a young man she admires. As the prayer meeting unfolds, Maria's innocence is palpable; she is caught between the world of childhood fantasies and the harsh realities of adult life, particularly her mother's illness and the implications of her father's emerging relationship with a local schoolteacher, Miss Slome. As the narrative progresses, we glimpse Maria's internal struggles with her identity, her longing for acceptance, and her troubled reflections on her family's dynamics during a profound period of transition. The opening effectively sets the stage for the emotional challenges Maria will face as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 909731 908737 2024-10-08T03:46:24.307240 2023-09-08T06:17:32.356025 text/html text/html 935004 2006-01-21T09:31:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 320485 2006-01-21T09:31:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 402428 2024-10-08T03:46:36.064197 application/epub+zip 415943 2024-10-08T03:46:27.635290 application/epub+zip 396746 2024-10-08T03:46:26.294232 application/epub+zip 713720 2024-10-08T03:46:42.406192 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675643 2024-10-08T03:46:35.207201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622401 2022-09-08T11:45:48.121615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 868765 868744 2024-10-08T03:46:21.405265 2023-09-08T06:17:29.782985 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 868704 2006-01-21T09:31:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 312239 2006-01-21T09:31:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20411 2024-10-08T03:46:42.541144 application/rdf+xml 13889 2024-10-08T03:46:26.859264 image/jpeg 3490 2024-10-08T03:46:26.576245 image/jpeg 397364 2024-10-08T03:46:24.382246 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 en.wikipedia