Project Gutenberg 1999-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 149 Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith 1856 1923 Riggs, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin Smith, Kate Douglas Riggs, George Christopher, Mrs. Wiggin, Samuel Bradley, Mrs. The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance of a Country Church Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Transcribed from the 1907 Archibald Constable & Co. edition by David Price "The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance of a Country Church" by Kate Douglas Wiggin is a heartfelt novel set in the early 20th century, likely written in the early 1900s. The narrative revolves around the themes of love, community, and the spirit of Christmas, exploring how a small country church and its members come together to bring warmth and welcome into their lives during the holiday season. The story follows Nancy Wentworth, a devoted and kind-hearted woman living in the village of Edgewood, where the aging Tory Hill Meeting-House stands as a centerpiece for the community. Amid the preparations for Christmas services and renovations of the church, Nancy reflects on her past love for Justin Peabody, who left the village years ago to seek better fortune. As fate would have it, Justin returns home just in time for the Christmas celebrations, leading to a poignant reunion filled with emotion and rekindled feelings. The novel captures the essence of hope, love, and the joy of coming together, highlighting how the bonds of community and the spirit of giving can change lives, all set against the backdrop of the quaint New England countryside. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas stories Country life -- Fiction Christian fiction Church buildings -- Fiction PS Text Christmas Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 105667 105555 2024-10-01T12:21:24.827948 2023-10-01T10:19:25.205198 text/html text/html 104105 2020-12-31T14:43:34 text/html 39728 2020-12-31T14:43:34 text/html application/zip 144901 2024-10-01T12:21:31.130903 application/epub+zip 144828 2024-10-01T12:21:28.386887 application/epub+zip 107855 2024-10-01T12:21:27.121906 application/epub+zip 350251 2024-10-01T12:21:33.178894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338278 2024-10-01T12:21:30.313932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182640 2022-09-01T12:50:22.353206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97424 97367 2024-10-01T12:21:24.416949 2023-10-01T10:19:25.003201 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 97076 2020-12-31T14:43:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38540 2020-12-31T14:43:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20749 2024-10-01T12:21:33.300881 application/rdf+xml 24602 2024-10-01T12:21:27.675901 image/jpeg 4557 2024-10-01T12:21:27.400896 image/jpeg 143263 2024-10-01T12:21:24.839197 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