Project Gutenberg 2010-04-02 Public domain in the USA. 157 Cummins, Maria S. (Maria Susanna) 1827 1866 Cummins, Maria Susanna Cumming, Maria Susanna The Lamplighter Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Lamplighter" by Maria S. Cummins is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story centers around a young girl named Gerty, who is an orphan living in an unkind home with a woman named Nan Grant. The book explores Gerty's hardships and her longing for affection, as well as her interactions with a lamplighter named Trueman Flint, who becomes a protector and friend." "The opening of the novel introduces Gerty, a neglected and unloved eight-year-old girl, who watches the lamplighter in her impoverished neighborhood. She experiences abuse from Nan Grant and feels isolated from the world around her. One evening, while watching the lamplighter, she spills a jug of milk and is punished. Afterward, she encounters Trueman Flint, who shows her kindness by gifting her a kitten. The narrative sets a somber tone as it contrasts Gerty's bleak reality with her small moments of hope and care, establishing the themes of neglect, friendship, and the yearning for love." (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Fiction Christian life -- Fiction Courtship -- Fiction Child abuse -- Fiction Success -- Fiction Poverty -- Fiction Kindness -- Fiction Blind children -- Fiction Social status -- Fiction Diligence -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 900216 900232 2024-09-13T12:07:39.581016 2023-09-14T06:21:13.640340 text/html text/html 905632 2021-01-06T10:37:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 333023 2021-01-06T10:37:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 385890 2024-09-13T12:07:50.297009 application/epub+zip 399075 2024-09-13T12:07:41.454982 application/epub+zip 399076 2024-09-13T12:07:40.383998 application/epub+zip 710201 2024-09-13T12:07:57.791901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 663289 2024-09-13T12:07:49.479999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 663509 2022-09-14T15:15:37.390917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 868762 868640 2024-09-13T12:07:37.477066 2023-09-14T06:21:11.779325 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 868624 2021-01-06T10:37:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 327365 2021-01-06T10:37:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 868616 2021-01-06T10:37:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 327316 2021-01-06T10:37:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22380 2024-09-13T12:07:57.934894 application/rdf+xml 13328 2024-09-13T12:07:40.744984 image/jpeg 3526 2024-09-13T12:07:40.562000 image/jpeg 377196 2024-09-13T12:07:39.658005 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