Project Gutenberg 2011-10-11 Public domain in the USA. 73 Shaw, Catharine Mother-Meg; or, The Story of Dickie's Attic Produced by Hunter Monroe, Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Mother-Meg; or, The Story of Dickie's Attic" by Catharine Shaw is a novel written in the late 19th century. This work explores themes of poverty, kindness, and the struggles of the working class, focusing on the lives of its characters as they navigate their challenging circumstances. The narrative weaves together the experiences of Meg, a newly married wife, and her compassion for the troubled families around her, particularly a sickly child named Dickie and his sister Cherry. The opening of the book introduces readers to a bleak and cold day in London, setting the tone for the harsh realities faced by the characters. We encounter a distressed family: a man carries his weak son, Dickie, who is clearly very ill. A hard-featured woman, presumably his mother, is trying to secure money for food, indicative of their dire situation. As the story unfolds, we see Meg, who has just married, beginning to consider how to make a difference in the lives of those around her, particularly through her acts of kindness toward Dickie and his sister. This leads to a strong foundation for the themes of charity and community support that will likely develop throughout the rest of the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37715/37715-h/images/cover.jpg en Poor children -- Fiction London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: Fiction 354731 354742 2024-09-16T04:38:31.581060 2023-09-16T11:07:00.431461 text/html text/html 356343 2011-10-11T10:31:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1143048 2011-10-11T10:31:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 945408 2024-09-16T04:38:38.826010 application/epub+zip 949718 2024-09-16T04:38:32.781031 application/epub+zip 159230 2024-09-16T04:38:32.182032 application/epub+zip 1075881 2024-09-16T04:38:43.089977 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1038935 2024-09-16T04:38:38.164010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257851 2022-09-17T09:22:35.944564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302143 302041 2024-09-16T04:38:29.797092 2023-09-16T11:06:58.882452 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 301960 2011-10-11T10:31:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 111242 2011-10-11T10:31:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 301957 2011-10-11T10:31:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111217 2011-10-11T10:31:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20085 2024-09-16T04:38:43.243964 application/rdf+xml 18451 2024-09-16T04:38:32.293049 image/jpeg 2953 2024-09-16T04:38:32.238039 image/jpeg 1189835 2024-09-16T04:38:31.747057 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