Project Gutenberg 2011-01-25 Public domain in the USA. 144 Austin, Anne 1895 Girl Alone Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Girl Alone" by Anne Austin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the life of Sally Ford, a 16-year-old girl living in a state orphanage, and her emotional struggles as she transitions from the institution to the outside world. The narrative explores themes of identity, belonging, and the harsh realities faced by orphans, as well as Sally's powerful sense of hope and resilience despite her circumstances. The beginning of the novel introduces us to Sally and the other young girls in the orphanage, depicting the stark and tough conditions of their lives. As they scrub the floors of their dormitory, we see Sally’s maternal nature emerge as she entertains the younger children through play-acting. The narrative then shifts to Sally's impending departure from the orphanage, as a farmer named Mr. Carson comes to take her for the summer. This transition is filled with anticipation and fear for both Sally and her small charges, highlighting her mixture of excitement and dread about leaving the only home she has known. Overall, the opening establishes a profound connection between Sally’s nurturing spirit and her desire for a sense of belonging, setting the stage for her journey ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 612930 612805 2024-10-15T03:49:35.456623 2023-09-15T09:37:14.330485 text/html text/html 614132 2011-01-25T19:49:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 221338 2011-01-25T19:49:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 318069 2024-10-15T03:49:57.670554 application/epub+zip 634896 2024-10-15T03:49:55.253545 application/pdf 634897 2024-10-15T03:49:41.250585 application/pdf 318410 2024-10-15T03:49:45.195591 application/epub+zip 318410 2024-10-15T03:49:38.224602 application/epub+zip 507355 2024-10-15T03:50:03.568534 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462258 2024-10-15T03:49:52.125544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433366 2022-09-16T06:49:16.849047 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 556025 2024-10-15T03:49:34.792611 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 555828 2011-01-25T19:49:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 211909 2011-01-25T19:49:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 540672 2011-01-25T19:49:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 209801 2011-01-25T19:49:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 540670 2011-01-25T19:49:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209790 2011-01-25T19:49:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26745 2024-10-15T03:50:03.724478 application/rdf+xml 558600 558594 2024-10-15T03:49:33.219629 2023-09-15T09:37:13.807471 text/x-rst text/x-rst 558596 2011-01-25T19:49:14 text/x-rst 213420 2011-01-25T19:49:14 text/x-rst application/zip 10229 2024-10-15T03:49:42.584629 image/jpeg 2907 2024-10-15T03:49:41.927587 image/jpeg 279415 2024-10-15T03:49:35.507608 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