Project Gutenberg 2006-08-09 Public domain in the USA. 85 Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) 1849 1914 Riis, Jacob August Nibsy's Christmas Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chuck Greif, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Nibsy's Christmas" by Jacob A. Riis is a poignant short story written in the late 19th century, capturing the somber realities of life for impoverished children in New York City. The narrative revolves around Nibsy, a newsboy, as he faces the harshness of his environment during Christmas time, touching on themes of poverty, neglect, and the fleeting hope for better circumstances amidst suffering. The story unfolds on Christmas Eve, highlighting the contrast between the festive cheer experienced by the more fortunate and the stark struggles of boys like Nibsy who find themselves battling not just the cold, but the trials imposed by their families and society. Nibsy's meager existence, marked by his attempts to provide for his mother and sister, leads him through the dark alleys of the tenements, where he experiences abandonment and cruel parental violence. In a tragic turn, Nibsy dies after being rescued from a fire, emphasizing the cruelty of the world he inhabits. Yet there’s an undertone of compassion as the story reflects on how, even in despair, a small boy’s efforts and spirit are recognized, suggesting a flicker of hope amidst overwhelming darkness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas stories, American Tenement houses -- Fiction United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PZ Text Christmas Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 73818 73827 2024-10-08T11:01:09.107330 2023-09-08T12:00:03.503849 text/html text/html 70399 2006-08-09T06:53:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 480885 2006-08-09T06:58:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 294542 2024-10-08T11:01:15.864299 application/epub+zip 293193 2024-10-08T11:01:12.811307 application/epub+zip 80664 2024-10-08T11:01:10.862312 application/epub+zip 313277 2024-10-08T11:01:17.977277 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304233 2024-10-08T11:01:14.786272 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174874 2022-09-09T07:08:45.516655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 67497 67399 2024-10-08T11:01:08.813327 2023-09-08T12:00:03.299846 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 67414 2006-08-09T06:56:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 27052 2006-08-09T06:58:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 67405 2006-08-09T06:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27032 2006-08-09T06:58:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22254 2024-10-08T11:01:18.110253 application/rdf+xml 14805 2024-10-08T11:01:11.666279 image/jpeg 3960 2024-10-08T11:01:11.285289 image/jpeg 557451 2024-10-08T11:01:09.124353 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