Project Gutenberg 2006-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 276 Tytler, Sarah 1827 1914 Keddie, Henrietta Tytler, Sara A Houseful of Girls Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Houseful of Girls" by Sarah Tytler is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the lives of the Millar sisters, focusing on the complexities of growing up in a household full of girls, and the societal expectations surrounding love and marriage. As the plot unfolds, themes of family dynamics, ambition, and societal class begin to emerge through their interactions and experiences, particularly as they face romantic advancements and familial pressures. The opening of the book introduces us to the Millar family, particularly the tension and excitement surrounding the first marriage proposal received by one of the sisters. The narrative captures the blend of emotions felt by the young women as they navigate their changing relationships and the implications of marriage within their tight-knit family. It vividly portrays the younger sisters' innocent curiosity as well as the elder sisters' complex reactions, highlighting the mixture of affection and rivalry among them. The backdrop of their father's medical practice and mounting family concerns foreshadows the challenges they will face, creating an engaging framework for the sisters' evolving lives against the backdrop of societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Sisters -- Fiction PR PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 589675 589676 2024-10-09T03:47:48.839371 2023-09-09T06:42:25.339164 text/html text/html 597647 2006-12-10T08:46:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 224471 2006-12-10T08:46:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 306650 2024-10-09T03:47:58.065325 application/epub+zip 310833 2024-10-09T03:47:51.194378 application/epub+zip 310832 2024-10-09T03:47:49.781344 application/epub+zip 538896 2024-10-09T03:48:03.625281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489207 2024-10-09T03:47:57.046304 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465613 2022-09-09T12:39:30.985374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 546985 546879 2024-10-09T03:47:47.938418 2023-09-09T06:42:24.577117 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 546862 2006-12-10T08:46:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 213439 2006-12-10T08:46:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 546857 2006-12-10T08:46:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 213346 2006-12-10T08:46:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22631 2024-10-09T03:48:03.762289 application/rdf+xml 13244 2024-10-09T03:47:50.338386 image/jpeg 3503 2024-10-09T03:47:50.059396 image/jpeg 284483 2024-10-09T03:47:48.892410 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