Project Gutenberg 2006-03-18 Public domain in the USA. 120 Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins 1852 1930 Wilkins, Mary E. (Mary Eleanor) Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins (Mary Eleanor Wilkins) Wilkins, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, Mary Ella The Portion of Labor Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Jeff Kaylin and Andrew Sly "The Portion of Labor" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Ellen Brewster, a delicate young girl caught in a tumultuous family dynamic marked by conflict and emotional strain. As Ellen navigates her home life, which involves her parents and her aunt, she grapples with feelings of love and rejection, ultimately leading her to run away in a moment of distress. The opening of the novel paints a vivid picture of Ellen’s world, characterized by her imaginative beliefs about the surrounding trees and her complex relationships with family members, especially her mother, Fanny, and her grandmother, Mrs. Zelotes Brewster. Tension mounts within the household as her parents argue fervently, leaving Ellen feeling unwanted. This emotional turmoil culminates in her decision to flee, feeling a mix of love for her family and sorrow that they perceive her as a burden. The narrative introduces themes of familial love, societal expectations, and the search for identity within the confines of social class, setting the stage for Ellen’s poignant journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New England -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 996014 994091 2024-10-08T05:55:10.301655 2023-09-08T07:59:16.080772 text/html text/html 1023202 2006-03-18T14:49:20 text/html; charset=us-ascii 735287 2006-03-18T14:49:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 824656 2024-10-08T05:55:22.014573 application/epub+zip 836697 2024-10-08T05:55:12.606591 application/epub+zip 445169 2024-10-08T05:55:11.196613 application/epub+zip 1127863 2024-10-08T05:55:29.286513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1083664 2024-10-08T05:55:20.906560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676218 2022-09-08T14:12:19.836879 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 942791 942770 2024-10-08T05:55:07.162906 2023-09-08T07:59:13.447732 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 942618 2006-03-18T14:49:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 347791 2006-03-18T14:49:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 942613 2006-03-18T14:49:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 347720 2006-03-18T14:49:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21548 2024-10-08T05:55:29.428534 application/rdf+xml 10983 2024-10-08T05:55:11.769611 image/jpeg 2883 2024-10-08T05:55:11.480606 image/jpeg 800906 2024-10-08T05:55:10.405615 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