Project Gutenberg 2013-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 290 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 Boz Dickens, Charles John Huffam Billings, Hammatt 1818 1874 Billings, Charles Howland Hammatt Billings, Hammett Billings A Child's Dream of a Star Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Bergquist, Matthew Wheaton 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.) "A Child's Dream of a Star" by Charles Dickens is a poignant short story written in the late 19th century. It is a reflective piece that embodies themes of love, loss, and spiritual connection, exploring the bond between siblings and the concept of an afterlife. This narrative captures the imagination with its ethereal qualities and deep emotional resonance. The story follows a child who shares a close relationship with his sister, with both captivated by the beauty of the world around them and a particular star that shines brightly in the night sky. As they grow, the sister falls ill and eventually passes away, leading the child to dream of a mystical star that serves as a gateway to the afterlife. Throughout his life, he experiences further losses, including that of his mother and daughter, but each time he dreams of the star and the angels that await them. In the end, as the child grows into an old man, he reflects on his life, recognizing the star as a symbol of reunion with his loved ones in the celestial realm, ultimately finding peace as he approaches the end of his earthly existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42232/42232-h/images/cover.jpg en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Short stories Children -- Death -- Juvenile fiction Children and death -- Juvenile fiction Heaven -- Juvenile fiction Grief -- Juvenile fiction PR PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 40284 40295 2024-10-17T16:54:07.072393 2023-09-18T10:40:18.199722 text/html text/html 36143 2013-02-28T19:20:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 804811 2013-02-28T19:21:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 830818 2024-10-17T16:54:09.201335 application/epub+zip 829407 2024-10-17T16:54:07.612388 application/epub+zip 74320 2024-10-17T16:54:07.329362 application/epub+zip 859956 2024-10-17T16:54:10.575362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 836070 2024-10-17T16:54:08.909378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97967 2022-09-19T10:00:11.690312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27983 2024-10-17T16:54:06.872351 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27849 2013-02-28T19:20:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 10189 2013-02-28T19:21:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 27720 2013-02-28T19:21:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10135 2013-02-28T19:21:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23281 2024-10-17T16:54:10.737328 application/rdf+xml 20993 2024-10-17T16:54:07.395372 image/jpeg 3000 2024-10-17T16:54:07.361357 image/jpeg 809858 2024-10-17T16:54:07.115370 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 en.wikipedia