Project Gutenberg 2010-05-02 Public domain in the USA. 70 Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) 1823 1901 Yonge, Charlotte Mary Yonge, C. M. (Charlotte Mary) Sowing and Sewing: A Sexagesima Story Reading ease score: 85.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Sowing and Sewing: A Sexagesima Story" by Charlotte M. Yonge is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story introduces us to a group of young women, particularly focusing on Amy Lee and her friends, who are grappling with themes of duty, virtue, and personal growth amidst their community responsibilities, particularly in their connection to church and charity work. The narrative weaves in details of their daily lives, including work related to sewing and teaching, reflecting the social expectations and challenges faced by women of that era. The opening of the novel sets the stage with four girls working in a cottage room, each engaged in various sewing tasks while discussing a sermon that has deeply moved them. It showcases the profound impact of spiritual teachings on their aspirations to live a more purposeful life, particularly emphasizing the need to be productive members of society and serve others beyond their immediate families. As they respond to their newfound clarity from the sermon, they consider their roles within the church and community, indicating an emerging sense of responsibility, mutual support, and the desire for moral integrity. This establishes an inviting milieu for readers interested in character-driven stories about personal transformation and societal norms of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32200/32200-h/images/cover.jpg en Christian life -- Fiction Villages -- Fiction Young women -- Conduct of life -- Fiction Church work -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 189745 189606 2024-10-13T14:35:37.588954 2023-09-14T07:30:06.133930 text/html text/html 190739 2010-05-02T13:20:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 143611 2010-05-02T13:23:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 159183 2024-10-13T14:35:41.734943 application/epub+zip 158169 2024-10-13T14:35:38.469944 application/epub+zip 147192 2024-10-13T14:35:38.026949 application/epub+zip 232641 2024-10-13T14:35:44.324916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204679 2024-10-13T14:35:41.288943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193882 2022-09-15T03:30:16.532168 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162090 162001 2024-10-13T14:35:36.910943 2023-09-14T07:30:05.547944 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 161827 2010-05-02T13:19:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 60733 2010-05-02T13:19:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 161838 2010-05-02T13:19:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60740 2010-05-02T13:19:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22883 2024-10-13T14:35:44.465907 application/rdf+xml 20452 2024-10-13T14:35:38.100946 image/jpeg 2654 2024-10-13T14:35:38.063936 image/jpeg 142379 2024-10-13T14:35:37.611944 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