Project Gutenberg 2011-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 168 Douglas, Amanda M. 1831 1916 Douglas, Amanda Minnie Goss, John 1886 1963 In Wild Rose Time Produced by Roger Frank, Katherine Ward and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "In Wild Rose Time" by Amanda M. Douglas is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Virginia Deering and two impoverished young girls, Dilsey and Bess, who live in a slum neighborhood but find solace and joy in an unlikely gift of wild roses. Themes of love, poverty, dreams, and the quest for a better life are woven throughout, setting a poignant backdrop of human resilience amidst hardship. The opening of the novel introduces Virginia Deering, who is on a journey filled with personal heartache, when she encounters a young girl selling wild roses. Despite her initial disdain for the flowers, Virginia's compassion leads her to purchase them, setting off a chain of events that connects her with the lives of Dilsey, a caretaker to her frail sister Bess, and the challenges they face in their impoverished surroundings. The roses symbolize not only beauty and simplicity but also hope and possibility for a brighter future. This introduction effectively establishes the contrasting lives of the characters, showcasing the innocence of childhood against the harsh realities of slum life, while hinting at deeper emotional connections yet to unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poor -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction Families -- Juvenile fiction Slums -- Juvenile fiction Working class -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 440930 440939 2024-09-15T13:45:51.912874 2023-09-16T07:12:53.435192 text/html text/html 439161 2021-01-07T23:40:01 text/html; charset=utf-8 217420 2021-01-07T23:40:01 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 283982 2024-09-15T13:45:59.803746 application/epub+zip 287550 2024-09-15T13:45:53.828805 application/epub+zip 228329 2024-09-15T13:45:52.772800 application/epub+zip 480682 2024-09-15T13:46:04.080753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444354 2024-09-15T13:45:58.765793 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388485 2022-09-17T04:03:47.760983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377565 2024-09-15T13:45:50.862789 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 390933 2021-01-07T23:40:01 text/plain; charset=utf-8 149187 2021-01-07T23:40:01 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 377450 2021-01-07T23:40:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 147045 2021-01-07T23:40:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21417 2024-09-15T13:46:04.222711 application/rdf+xml 13665 2024-09-15T13:45:53.137794 image/jpeg 3623 2024-09-15T13:45:52.952780 image/jpeg 276978 2024-09-15T13:45:51.955799 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