Project Gutenberg 2012-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 59 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia) 1810 1886 Stephens, Ann Sophia Winterbotham Slick, Jonathan Fashion and Famine Reading ease score: 78.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Roberta Staehlin, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Fashion and Famine" by Ann S. Stephens is a mid-19th century novel that explores themes of poverty and humanity through the lens of social interaction and individual struggles. The narrative begins by following the life of a young girl, Julia Warren, who tries to support her impoverished grandparents by selling strawberries in the bustling markets of New York. Her innocence and determination contrast sharply with the harsh realities of life, as she navigates her quest for kindness in a world that seems indifferent to her plight. The opening of the novel introduces Julia as she embarks on her mission to buy strawberries, desperately trying to gather enough money to help her family. Despite her small stature and tender age, her fierce resolve shines through as she encounters an old huckster-woman who shows her an unexpected kindness, trusting her with strawberries to sell. This pivotal moment sets the tone for the themes of compassion and survival as Julia's journey unfolds in a city filled with poverty and the struggles of its inhabitants, including her aged grandparents who are left longing for sustenance. The vivid descriptions of the market scene and Julia's experiences highlight both the beauty and the brutality of life, drawing readers into a world where every small act of generosity carries significant weight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 907603 907604 2024-10-17T04:28:07.016557 2023-09-17T12:39:24.170237 text/html text/html 924896 2012-07-01T12:14:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 336768 2012-07-01T12:14:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 431681 2024-10-17T04:28:22.676466 application/epub+zip 442529 2024-10-17T04:28:11.995593 application/epub+zip 431922 2024-10-17T04:28:09.439499 application/epub+zip 781120 2024-10-17T04:28:30.569459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 722218 2024-10-17T04:28:21.109499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 696613 2022-09-18T11:24:30.091058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 846913 846685 2024-10-17T04:28:04.256531 2023-09-17T12:39:22.006243 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 846826 2012-07-01T12:14:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 322354 2012-07-01T12:14:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 846818 2012-07-01T12:14:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 322305 2012-07-01T12:14:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21760 2024-10-17T04:28:31.054440 application/rdf+xml 14883 2024-10-17T04:28:10.374535 image/jpeg 3860 2024-10-17T04:28:09.894524 image/jpeg 405842 2024-10-17T04:28:07.095589 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