Project Gutenberg 2014-04-18 Public domain in the USA. 68 Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811 1896 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Crowfield, Christopher Stowe, H. B. (Harriet Beecher) The Chimney-Corner Reading ease score: 58.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by David Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Chimney-Corner" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a fictional work written in the late 19th century. This narrative likely explores the complexities of women's roles in society, focusing particularly on the challenges they face amid evolving societal expectations. Key characters include Christopher Crowfield, who grapples with the plight of women seeking meaningful work and stable livelihoods, reflecting on the broader social issues of gender and employment. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Christopher and his wife as they engage in a discussion about a struggling young woman seeking assistance. The woman, who has lost her fiancé and now bears the burden of providing for her family, embodies the struggles faced by many women of the time. The dialogue between Christopher and his wife reveals their compassion and earnestness as they contemplate how to help her amid the rigid societal conventions and prejudices that limit women’s opportunities. Their conversation expands into a broader examination of the roles of women in society, raising critical questions about work, respectability, and dignity within the domestic sphere. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45415/45415-h/images/cover.jpg en Women -- Social and moral questions Women -- Social conditions HQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 471135 471141 2024-10-19T06:25:03.061122 2023-09-19T17:17:20.869859 text/html text/html 475992 2014-04-18T11:11:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 222375 2014-04-18T11:11:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 256377 2024-10-19T06:25:09.198049 application/epub+zip 259525 2024-10-19T06:25:04.006092 application/epub+zip 252274 2024-10-19T06:25:03.494089 application/epub+zip 383578 2024-10-19T06:25:13.315050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344306 2024-10-19T06:25:08.715051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337380 2022-09-20T17:44:37.394679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437098 436893 2024-10-19T06:25:02.413073 2023-09-19T17:17:20.290879 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 436990 2014-04-18T11:11:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 169583 2014-04-18T11:11:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 436982 2014-04-18T11:11:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169515 2014-04-18T11:11:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21787 2024-10-19T06:25:13.452025 application/rdf+xml 7200 2024-10-19T06:25:03.640068 image/jpeg 1599 2024-10-19T06:25:03.599061 image/jpeg 223781 2024-10-19T06:25:03.109092 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