Project Gutenberg 2014-05-25 Public domain in the USA. 136 Turner, Ethel 1870 1958 Turner, Ethel Sybil Curlewis, H. R., Mrs. Curlewis, Mrs. H. R. Browne, Gordon 1858 1932 Browne, Gordon Frederick The Wonder-Child: An Australian Story Produced by Al Haines "The Wonder-Child: An Australian Story" by Ethel Turner is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the lives of the Cameron family, including the gifted young musician Challis, as they navigate the challenges of rural life in Australia, emphasizing themes of aspiration, talent, and familial love. The opening of the novel introduces readers to the Cameron family as they interact with friends on their way from school to home. The children, Bartie, Floss, and Roly are vividly depicted with their unique personalities, showcasing the playfulness and struggles of rural Australian youth. Conversations among the children reveal their contrasting aspirations and social standings, while the narrative hints at deeper familial complexities, particularly surrounding Challis’s burgeoning music talent and the ongoing hopes of the family for a better future. Through these first scenes, readers can sense the contrasting worlds of childhood innocence and the adult struggles that lie ahead, setting the stage for the unfolding drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45683/45683-rst/images/img-cover.jpg en Poor -- Juvenile fiction Australia -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Families -- Juvenile fiction Musicians -- Juvenile fiction Gifted children -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 465586 465539 2024-09-19T07:22:35.179246 2023-09-20T03:52:18.687249 text/html text/html 467122 2014-05-25T10:15:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 589470 2014-05-25T10:15:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 607617 2024-09-19T07:22:53.409669 application/epub+zip 877281 2024-09-19T07:22:51.288688 application/pdf 439286 2024-09-19T07:22:39.902230 application/pdf 617577 2024-09-19T07:22:42.945194 application/epub+zip 226431 2024-09-19T07:22:37.392244 application/epub+zip 733276 2024-09-19T07:22:57.675622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 704577 2024-09-19T07:22:48.740679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315201 2022-09-20T19:28:27.086136 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369992 2024-09-19T07:22:34.470236 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 370121 2014-05-25T10:15:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 141430 2014-05-25T10:15:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 361197 2014-05-25T10:15:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 140141 2014-05-25T10:15:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 361196 2014-05-25T10:15:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140120 2014-05-25T10:15:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 28355 2024-09-19T07:22:57.822620 application/rdf+xml 351412 2024-09-19T07:22:32.925251 2023-09-20T03:52:18.018235 text/x-rst text/x-rst 351412 2014-05-25T10:15:36 text/x-rst 571932 2014-05-25T10:15:36 text/x-rst application/zip 15675 2024-09-19T07:22:40.930211 image/jpeg 2470 2024-09-19T07:22:40.368213 image/jpeg 589648 2024-09-19T07:22:35.231303 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