Project Gutenberg 2014-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 98 Wells, Carolyn 1862 1942 Houghton, Carolyn Wells Smith, W. Granville (Walter Granville) 1870 1938 Smith, Walter Granville Smith, Granville The Staying Guest E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Mardi Desjardins, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) "The Staying Guest" by Carolyn Wells is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on two elderly maiden sisters, Miss Priscilla and Miss Dorinda Flint, who live in the stately but grim Primrose Hall. Their ordered lives are disrupted when a cheerful girl named Ladybird Lovell, the daughter of their estranged younger sister, unexpectedly arrives and demands to stay with them, leading to a clash of personalities and a comedy of manners. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Primrose Hall, a quaint and meticulously organized home, underscoring the sisters’ traditional and rigid ways. Their mundane routine is interrupted by the arrival of Ladybird, who espouses a vivacious and carefree spirit that stands in stark contrast to the Flints’ prim lifestyle. The lively child arrives after an uninvited letter indicates her circumstance as an orphan, bringing with her not only a playful disposition but also the companionship of a dog named Cloppy, much to Miss Priscilla’s chagrin. Their initial attempts to send her away only spark further antics and negotiations, setting the stage for a humorous exploration of family dynamics and the themes of love, acceptance, and the challenges of coexistence in the face of contrasting personalities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45545/45545-h/images/cover.jpg en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Juvenile fiction Aunts -- Juvenile fiction Families -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 306198 305946 2024-09-19T06:43:58.763798 2023-09-19T17:49:25.642619 text/html text/html 318104 2014-04-30T13:23:59 text/html 1029286 2014-04-30T13:26:17 text/html application/zip 1152031 2024-09-19T06:44:05.729749 application/epub+zip 1162847 2024-09-19T06:44:00.771808 application/epub+zip 172721 2024-09-19T06:43:59.695768 application/epub+zip 1258231 2024-09-19T06:44:09.425801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1224001 2024-09-19T06:44:04.878763 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236487 2022-09-20T18:33:28.101420 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254216 253999 2024-09-19T06:43:57.580837 2023-09-19T17:49:24.580616 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 253759 2014-04-30T12:45:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 92330 2014-04-30T12:45:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 253767 2014-04-30T12:45:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 92322 2014-04-30T12:45:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21707 2024-09-19T06:44:09.569722 application/rdf+xml 14060 2024-09-19T06:43:59.794788 image/jpeg 2212 2024-09-19T06:43:59.745779 image/jpeg 1044754 2024-09-19T06:43:58.834812 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 More titles under Wright, Rowland en.wikipedia