Project Gutenberg 2014-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 150 Martin, George Madden 1866 1946 Williams, H. D. Selina: Her Hopeful Efforts and Her Livelier Failures Produced by Giovanni Fini, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) "Selina: Her Hopeful Efforts and Her Livelier Failures" by George Madden Martin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on a young American girl named Selina Auboussier Wistar, who is navigating the complexities of life and societal expectations during the late Victorian era. As she grapples with challenges at home, particularly related to her family's financial struggles, the narrative explores her hopes for a better life as well as the inevitable failures that come with her youthful aspirations. The opening of the novel presents Selina in a moment of familial tension, as she listens to her mother and aunt discuss their financial woes. Despite her tender age of seventeen, Selina feels the weight of responsibility and empathy for her family's struggles. Motivated to alleviate their burdens, she decides to take a bold step by offering to teach children in her neighborhood, despite the societal norms that dictate a woman's role during her time. Throughout these initial chapters, readers witness Selina's innocence and determination as she steps into a world that is both new and intimidating, encountering challenges that mirror the broader societal shifts of her generation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46292/46292-h/images/cover.jpg en Young women -- Fiction Teachers -- Fiction United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 594746 594753 2024-09-19T10:38:37.603632 2023-09-20T06:52:48.208449 text/html text/html 599819 2014-07-15T12:36:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1387092 2014-07-15T12:39:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1466195 2024-09-19T10:38:47.224614 application/epub+zip 1473081 2024-09-19T10:38:39.395792 application/epub+zip 305936 2024-09-19T10:38:38.626636 application/epub+zip 1654822 2024-09-19T10:38:53.574657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1586825 2024-09-19T10:38:46.283638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425169 2022-09-21T05:17:40.484885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529993 529778 2024-09-19T10:38:36.389652 2023-09-20T06:52:46.948454 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 529655 2014-07-15T12:37:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 203630 2014-07-15T12:39:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 529648 2014-07-15T12:36:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 203563 2014-07-15T12:39:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21167 2024-09-19T10:38:53.735715 application/rdf+xml 25612 2024-09-19T10:38:38.733622 image/jpeg 4079 2024-09-19T10:38:38.679628 image/jpeg 1406920 2024-09-19T10:38:37.739660 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