Project Gutenberg 2008-06-12 Public domain in the USA. 144 Brooks, Virginia 1886 1929 Washburne, Virginia Little Lost Sister Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Little Lost Sister" by Virginia Brooks is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the struggles of young women in a factory setting, particularly focusing on the character of Elsie Welcome, who grapples with poverty, family responsibilities, and the lure of a more glamorous life. The narrative delves into themes of ambition, societal expectations, and the pursuit of personal dreams amid challenging circumstances. At the start of the novel, we meet Elsie Welcome, a factory worker who is determined to seek better wages and a brighter future for herself and her family. As she prepares to confront her foreman about a raise, we gain insight into her frustrations with the grueling conditions of the button mill in Millville. Simultaneously, her older sister, Patience, displays a contrasting sense of contentment with their life, embodying the struggle between ambition and acceptance. The dynamic between these two sisters hints at broader themes that will unfold as the story progresses, including Elsie's interactions with various suitors and her quest for independence, which leads her to contemplate a life beyond Millville. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Human trafficking -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 405100 405111 2024-10-11T07:04:16.392454 2023-09-11T09:58:06.363264 text/html text/html 433239 2021-01-03T17:46:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 142621 2021-01-03T17:46:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 213479 2024-10-11T07:04:25.284421 application/epub+zip 219938 2024-10-11T07:04:18.739444 application/epub+zip 219937 2024-10-11T07:04:17.323439 application/epub+zip 421755 2024-10-11T07:04:30.054372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378195 2024-10-11T07:04:24.263418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352463 2022-09-12T06:05:05.521425 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335676 335592 2024-10-11T07:04:14.725474 2023-09-11T09:58:04.962305 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 335560 2021-01-03T17:46:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 126486 2021-01-03T17:46:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 335551 2021-01-03T17:46:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 126458 2021-01-03T17:46:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21668 2024-10-11T07:04:30.192366 application/rdf+xml 12873 2024-10-11T07:04:17.885435 image/jpeg 3459 2024-10-11T07:04:17.605429 image/jpeg 204583 2024-10-11T07:04:16.424462 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