Project Gutenberg 2012-10-10 Public domain in the USA. 119 Willard, Kate Livingston A Colony of Girls Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Colony of Girls" by Kate Livingston Willard is a novel written in the early 1890s. The story revolves around the lives of the Lawrence sisters—Helen, Nathalie, and Jean—as they navigate the joys and challenges of adolescence in a close-knit community. The narrative paints a vivid picture of their idyllic life in the quaint town of Hetherford, emphasizing themes of friendship, responsibility, and the complexities of growing up, particularly as the girls begin to encounter romantic interests. The opening of the novel introduces us to the Lawrence household, highlighting Helen, the eldest sister, who bears the weight of familial responsibilities after the loss of their parents. As the story unfolds, we meet the lively and playful characters that populate their world, including younger siblings and friends, which sets a background of youthful camaraderie and light-hearted banter. The interactions among the characters emphasize their close relationships, while subtle tensions hint at the impending arrival of romantic interests that will disrupt their harmonious existence. Through charming dialogues and rich descriptions, the novel captures the youthful spirit and emotional depth of the sisters’ lives, setting the stage for their journey towards maturity and self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41010/41010-h/images/cover.jpg en Young women -- Fiction Love stories Country homes -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 430347 430175 2025-02-16T15:26:25.672433 2023-09-18T04:30:13.098104 text/html text/html 434138 2012-10-09T19:00:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 300771 2012-10-09T19:00:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 329856 2025-02-16T15:26:32.142424 application/epub+zip 333623 2025-02-16T15:26:26.655462 application/epub+zip 214434 2025-02-16T15:26:26.164468 application/epub+zip 472605 2025-02-16T15:26:36.523432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435354 2025-02-16T15:26:31.571438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316347 2022-09-18T18:01:59.957515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393712 393624 2024-10-17T09:48:50.506362 2023-09-18T04:30:12.110065 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 393447 2012-10-09T19:00:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 150011 2012-10-09T19:00:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 393438 2012-10-09T19:00:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149942 2012-10-09T19:00:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22029 2025-02-16T15:26:36.662376 application/rdf+xml 21075 2025-02-16T15:26:26.251436 image/jpeg 3166 2025-02-16T15:26:26.208459 image/jpeg 302579 2025-02-16T15:26:25.717448 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