Project Gutenberg 2011-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 71 Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) 1835 1909 Wilson, Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, Augusta Evans Wilson, Augusta J. Evans A Speckled Bird E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Speckled Bird" by Augusta J. Evans Wilson is a Southern novel written in the early 20th century. This work explores themes of family, social standing, and the complexities of human relationships in a post-Civil War South, focusing on the life of Eglah, a child navigating the challenging dynamics between her strict grandmother, Mrs. Maurice, and her absentee father, Judge Kent, amid the backdrop of historical conflict and personal drama. The opening of "A Speckled Bird" introduces us to Eglah, a spirited young girl grappling with her name and her connection to her family legacy. Through a dialogue with her grandmother, we learn about her familial ties, her mother Marcia's turbulent past, and the unresolved tensions stemming from her father's position as a Federal judge. As Eglah seeks understanding and acceptance, her grandmother battles her own grief and societal expectations, setting the stage for a narrative that promises to delve deeply into the struggles of identity, love, and the longing for familial bonds. Eglah's relationship with her grandmother is fraught with misunderstanding, yet imbued with a touch of tenderness that hints at the complexities of their family history and the societal pressures they face. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36029/36029-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 716023 715917 2024-09-15T09:41:15.861906 2023-09-16T03:39:55.792184 text/html text/html 722773 2011-05-04T14:47:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 333879 2011-05-04T14:49:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 340450 2024-09-15T09:41:24.346889 application/epub+zip 352318 2024-09-15T09:41:16.939987 application/epub+zip 352318 2024-09-15T09:41:16.411896 application/epub+zip 556426 2024-09-15T09:41:30.398861 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527397 2024-09-15T09:41:23.844877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527653 2022-09-16T13:05:11.805493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 687848 687770 2024-09-15T09:41:14.377910 2023-09-16T03:39:54.454198 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 687584 2011-05-04T14:44:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 278501 2011-05-04T14:44:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 687616 2011-05-04T14:44:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 278388 2011-05-04T14:44:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20118 2024-09-15T09:41:30.539902 application/rdf+xml 13946 2024-09-15T09:41:16.506892 image/jpeg 2287 2024-09-15T09:41:16.457904 image/jpeg 328961 2024-09-15T09:41:15.930901 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