Project Gutenberg 2014-11-29 Public domain in the USA. 59 Webster, Jean 1876 1916 McKinney, Jean Webster Webster, Alice Jean Chandler Dear enemy. Dutch Het "John Grier Home" Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by R.G.P.M. van Giesen "Het 'John Grier Home'" by Jean Webster is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Sallie McBride, who unexpectedly finds herself becoming the head of an orphanage called the John Grier Home, much to her surprise and dismay. Filled with comic elements and a unique perspective on social responsibility, the book explores themes of care, growth, and the heartwarming challenges of managing a group of children who have faced abandonment." The opening of the novel introduces the protagonist, Sallie McBride, who receives an unexpected request from her friend Judy to take on the role of directress at the John Grier Home, an institution for orphans. Initially incredulous and resistant to this new responsibility, Sallie employs humor to express her concerns about managing the needs of a hundred children. As Sallie arrives at the orphanage during a snowstorm, she recalls the frustrations and uncertainties accompanying her new role, including the dreary living conditions she observes. The initial chapters set the stage for Sallie's evolution as she faces the challenges of bringing warmth and betterment to the children’s lives while navigating her own personal struggles and the skepticism of those around her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Orphans -- Fiction PZ PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 511298 505155 2024-10-19T18:37:46.869259 2023-09-20T13:38:11.216995 text/html text/html 493577 2014-11-29T14:42:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1536204 2014-11-29T14:42:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1722953 2024-10-19T18:37:53.134237 application/epub+zip 1734472 2024-10-19T18:37:47.755264 application/epub+zip 266621 2024-10-19T18:37:47.265746 application/epub+zip 1863309 2024-10-19T18:37:57.239251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1843311 2024-10-19T18:37:52.650231 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380770 2022-09-21T14:50:54.953314 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478558 478544 2024-10-19T18:37:46.039771 2023-09-20T13:38:10.492934 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 478642 2014-11-29T14:42:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 180948 2014-11-29T14:42:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19636 2024-10-19T18:37:57.386212 application/rdf+xml 16327 2024-10-19T18:37:47.370246 image/jpeg 2625 2024-10-19T18:37:47.317264 image/jpeg 1548581 2024-10-19T18:37:47.007778 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