Project Gutenberg 2009-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 68 MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller 1876 1961 Keith, Marian In Orchard Glen Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Al Haines "In Orchard Glen" by Marian Keith is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around Christina Lindsay, a young woman on the cusp of adulthood, as she navigates her feelings of inadequacy concerning her looks and her aspirations for a more fulfilling life beyond her family farm in a rural community. Through her interactions with her family and neighbors, themes of beauty, ambition, and social expectations begin to unfold. The opening of the novel introduces readers to Christina on her nineteenth birthday, reflecting on her past struggles with her appearance and her unfulfilled ambitions. While picking berries with her brother Sandy, she overhears hurtful comments about her looks, which only serve to deepen her insecurities. Despite this, Christina resolves to improve herself, leading to a chance encounter with Gavin Hume, a boy from a neighboring farm, whom she previously helped. This moment of kindness reveals her compassionate nature amidst her struggles with self-image. The chapter concludes with Christina's thoughts about the future and her aspirations for education and adventure, setting the stage for her journey of personal growth and discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Young women -- Fiction Love stories World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 510858 507248 2024-10-12T08:14:34.978477 2023-09-12T11:07:25.267341 text/html text/html 502430 2021-01-04T19:45:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 182515 2021-01-04T19:45:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 261113 2024-10-12T08:14:44.251314 application/epub+zip 269011 2024-10-12T08:14:38.418370 application/epub+zip 249662 2024-10-12T08:14:36.984396 application/epub+zip 452308 2024-10-12T08:14:48.683327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436928 2024-10-12T08:14:43.274418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412083 2022-09-13T07:46:07.980614 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475658 475654 2024-10-12T08:14:33.897393 2023-09-12T11:07:24.334331 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 475518 2021-01-04T19:45:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 178983 2021-01-04T19:45:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20298 2024-10-12T08:14:48.898286 application/rdf+xml 12358 2024-10-12T08:14:37.552350 image/jpeg 3214 2024-10-12T08:14:37.259349 image/jpeg 256308 2024-10-12T08:14:35.022399 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