Project Gutenberg 2012-12-04 Public domain in the USA. 152 Hunt, Violet 1862 1942 Hunt, Isobel Violet The Celebrity at Home Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Celebrity at Home" by Violet Hunt is a fictional narrative written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the unconventional life of the Taylor family, exploring their domestic dynamics and the humorous, sometimes painful, truths about fame, family, and childhood. The narrative perspective is particularly engaging as it is told through the eyes of a young girl named Tempe, who aspires to document her life with the honest and refreshing candor of a budding author. The opening of the book introduces us to Tempe, a sharp-witted child who feels her childhood is not nearly as blissful as it ought to be. Through her reflections, we gain insight into her family: her father, George, is an author with a complicated relationship with his wife and children, while her sister, Ariadne, embodies a more traditional, genteel femininity. Tempe portrays her dissatisfaction with the constraints imposed by adulthood, her observations of her family’s social standing, and her aspirations for a freer, more expressive life. As she begins to document her thoughts with aspirations of becoming a writer, Tempe’s unique voice sets a tone filled with both levity and sincerity, inviting readers to explore the complexities of the Edwardian family life alongside her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41556/41556-h/images/cover.jpg en Girls -- Conduct of life -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 501744 501753 2024-09-17T12:08:06.396402 2023-09-18T07:04:12.331438 text/html text/html 507636 2021-01-25T13:50:07 text/html; charset=utf-8 412587 2021-01-25T13:50:07 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 423621 2024-09-17T12:08:12.809381 application/epub+zip 429822 2024-09-17T12:08:07.242429 application/epub+zip 258243 2024-09-17T12:08:06.817408 application/epub+zip 585836 2024-09-17T12:08:17.466350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 549719 2024-09-17T12:08:12.371419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379046 2022-09-19T04:38:37.165869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461000 460797 2024-09-17T12:08:05.330921 2023-09-18T07:04:11.347428 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 460871 2012-12-04T16:34:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 181236 2012-12-04T16:34:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 460880 2012-12-04T16:34:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 181151 2012-12-04T16:34:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20353 2024-09-17T12:08:17.606358 application/rdf+xml 21898 2024-09-17T12:08:06.906417 image/jpeg 3493 2024-09-17T12:08:06.861404 image/jpeg 415702 2024-09-17T12:08:06.447034 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