Sowing Seeds in Danny by Nellie L. McClung
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| Author | McClung, Nellie L., 1873-1951 |
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| Title | Sowing Seeds in Danny |
| Note | Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
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Produced by University of Pennsylvania project "A
Celebration of Women Writers" and by Gardner Buchanan. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Summary | "Sowing Seeds in Danny" by Nellie L. McClung is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story is centered around the lives of two contrasting families in a small Manitoba town—the well-to-do Mrs. Burton Francis and her husband, and the struggling Watson family, particularly focusing on the young boy, Danny. The novel explores themes of motherhood, community, and social dynamics against the backdrop of rural life. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Mrs. Francis, a woman brimming with lofty ideals about motherhood and social improvement. She engages with Mrs. Watson, a weary mother of nine children, expressing concern for the family and sharing her ideas on child-rearing from a book she has been reading. Meanwhile, young Danny Watson, just four years old, is caught up in the innocence of childhood, stirring with imaginative conversations and interactions with his siblings. As the story unfolds, we see the touching and comedic contrasts between the privileged lives of the Francises and the harsh realities of the Watsons, setting the stage for rich character development and social commentary throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Canada -- Fiction |
| Subject | Families -- Fiction |
| Subject | Prairies -- Fiction |
| Subject | Immigrants -- Manitoba -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 4376 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2003 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 27, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 77 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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