Project Gutenberg 2012-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 88 Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel) 1869 1933 Williamson, Alice Muriel Williamson, Mrs. C. N. Cameron, John Cameron, J. (John) The Girl Who Had Nothing Produced by Al Haines "The Girl Who Had Nothing" by A. M. Williamson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story likely revolves around the life of Joan Carthew, a young girl who, after facing hardship and neglect in a lodging house, dreams of a better life. The narrative weaves themes of ambition, social inequality, and the quest for identity, as Joan navigates her painful reality while yearning for affluence and acceptance. At the start of the story, we meet Joan, who believes it to be her birthday and marks it by running away from her neglectful life in a Brighton lodging house, where she is treated as a servant by the landlady, Mrs. Boyle. Joan's life has been far from typical; she reflects on her mother, a mysterious actress who abandoned her, and her current state of being a free-spirited, imaginative child with big dreams. During her escape, she encounters a girl of her own age who represents everything she longs for—wealth, beauty, and respectability. This chance encounter ignites a fierce desire in Joan to change her fate. In a moment of desperation, she throws herself in front of a carriage, leading to her being taken in by the compassionate Lady Thorndyke. The opening sets the stage for Joan's tumultuous journey as she grapples with her past and strives to reshape her future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39730/39730-rst/images/img-cover.jpg en Young women -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 268316 268269 2024-09-16T15:51:59.769250 2023-09-17T10:09:10.572570 text/html text/html 269410 2012-05-18T19:01:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 441247 2012-05-18T19:01:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 472882 2024-09-16T15:52:11.323187 application/epub+zip 637539 2024-09-16T15:52:10.138224 application/pdf 290584 2024-09-16T15:52:02.736221 application/pdf 472558 2024-09-16T15:52:04.635265 application/epub+zip 176846 2024-09-16T15:52:01.061483 application/epub+zip 545241 2024-09-16T15:52:14.546194 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514894 2024-09-16T15:52:08.373215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220137 2022-09-18T08:04:49.850749 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229384 2024-09-16T15:51:59.156245 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229602 2012-05-18T19:02:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 87901 2012-05-18T19:02:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 228188 2012-05-18T19:02:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 87664 2012-05-18T19:02:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 228186 2012-05-18T19:03:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 87633 2012-05-18T19:03:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 27022 2024-09-16T15:52:14.701172 application/rdf+xml 211741 2024-09-16T15:51:58.513247 2023-09-17T10:09:10.254543 text/x-rst text/x-rst 211741 2012-05-18T19:03:04 text/x-rst 427126 2012-05-18T19:03:04 text/x-rst application/zip 19509 2024-09-16T15:52:03.213221 image/jpeg 2881 2024-09-16T15:52:02.984209 image/jpeg 441057 2024-09-16T15:51:59.807250 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