Project Gutenberg 2007-01-30 Public domain in the USA. 75 Brown, Alice 1857 1948 Tiverton Tales Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Dooryards -- A March wind -- The mortuary chest -- Horn-o'-the-moon -- A stolen festival -- A last assembling -- The way of peace -- The experience of Hannah Prime -- Honey and myrrh -- A second marriage -- The Flat-Iron Lot -- The end of all living. Produced by Melissa Er-Raqabi, Paul Stephen, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Tiverton Tales" by Alice Brown is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The stories delve into life in a quaint New England town, focusing on the everyday experiences and emotional landscapes of its residents, often highlighting themes such as family bonds, personal aspirations, and the subtleties of rural domestic life. The opening portion introduces readers to the charm of Tiverton's dooryards, vividly depicting the characteristics and anecdotes associated with these spaces, as well as the lives of notable characters such as Della Smith, who brings warmth and a yearning for joy to her otherwise mundane life. The opening of "Tiverton Tales" paints a vivid picture of the town's essence through its dooryards, where homely activities and familial connections thrive. It introduces Della Smith, a spirited woman whose joy often overflows in unconventional ways, as she attempts to create a croquet ground from old household items like her mother's bedstead. Here, Della's story encapsulates both the joys and struggles of rural life, as well as her reluctance to succumb to a mundane existence. Alongside her, other characters emerge, each attached to their dooryards, which become reflective of their dreams, desires, and struggles with life's inevitable changes—a theme that invites readers into a world rich with nostalgia and emotional resonance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 495430 495435 2024-10-09T05:52:22.752635 2023-09-09T08:18:10.663532 text/html text/html 500377 2007-01-30T15:58:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 205992 2007-01-30T15:58:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 287016 2024-10-09T05:52:31.214625 application/epub+zip 288499 2024-10-09T05:52:25.033652 application/epub+zip 273186 2024-10-09T05:52:23.621633 application/epub+zip 466118 2024-10-09T05:52:35.865564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429839 2024-10-09T05:52:30.189589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382387 2022-09-09T14:55:14.792870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459501 459377 2024-10-09T05:52:21.594637 2023-09-09T08:18:09.800543 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 459401 2007-01-30T15:58:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 180960 2007-01-30T15:58:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 459393 2007-01-30T15:58:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 180931 2007-01-30T15:58:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22187 2024-10-09T05:52:36.002601 application/rdf+xml 11263 2024-10-09T05:52:24.182619 image/jpeg 2985 2024-10-09T05:52:23.900649 image/jpeg 269710 2024-10-09T05:52:22.798671 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