Project Gutenberg 2012-12-17 Public domain in the USA. 191 Smith, Charlotte 1749 1806 Smith, Charlotte Turner Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle Reading ease score: 62.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Delphine Lettau, Matthias Grammel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle" by Charlotte Smith is a novel written in the late 18th century. This work centers around young Emmeline Mowbray, a girl who grows up in the crumbling Mowbray Castle, navigating her life as an orphan raised by the housekeeper and the steward, amidst themes of social class, loneliness, and romantic entanglement. The narrative explores her struggles as she faces the loss of her guardians and the uncertain future that awaits her. At the start of the novel, we find Emmeline living a secluded life in Mowbray Castle, which has seen better days. Emmeline is left vulnerable and dependent on the favors of those around her since her noble lineage offers her little protection in a world where she is ultimately alone. The opening chapters detail her tender relationship with Mrs. Carey, the housekeeper, and her growing awareness of social hierarchies, particularly in the light of her encounters with Lord Montreville, the estate's current owner, and his son, Lord Delamere, who becomes a source of both admiration and fear. The stage is set for an exploration of Emmeline's character development as she grapples with abandonment, relationships, and the looming threat of her eventual displacement from the only home she has known. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41646/41646-h/images/cover.jpg en Single women -- Fiction Gothic fiction Marriage -- Fiction Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1358718 1358581 2024-10-17T13:26:06.801281 2023-09-18T07:34:31.454406 text/html text/html 1377112 2012-12-17T17:47:59 text/html 656418 2012-12-17T17:51:02 text/html application/zip 685821 2024-10-17T13:26:22.796221 application/epub+zip 703973 2024-10-17T13:26:09.280303 application/epub+zip 545476 2024-10-17T13:26:08.039288 application/epub+zip 1060953 2024-10-17T13:26:33.012137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 979076 2024-10-17T13:26:21.113211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 821307 2022-09-19T05:23:57.782714 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1267004 1266916 2024-10-17T13:26:03.544286 2023-09-18T07:34:28.615360 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1266559 2012-12-17T17:45:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 457748 2012-12-17T17:45:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1266566 2012-12-17T17:45:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 457666 2012-12-17T17:45:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22455 2024-10-17T13:26:33.168144 application/rdf+xml 6042 2024-10-17T13:26:08.181257 image/jpeg 1192 2024-10-17T13:26:08.108284 image/jpeg 647617 2024-10-17T13:26:06.922327 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