Project Gutenberg 2015-02-10 Public domain in the USA. 63 Carey, Rosa Nouchette 1840 1909 Carey, R. Nouchette (Rosa Nouchette) Averil Produced by Chris Whitehead, Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Averil" by Rosa Nouchette Carey is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers on the life of Averil Willmot, a delicate young woman who struggles with her responsibilities towards her step-family while navigating her own needs and desires. The book explores themes of kindness, duty, and the challenges of personal happiness in the face of familial expectations. The opening portion introduces us to Mr. Harland, a cheerful lawyer, and Averil, his close friend. The scene unfolds on a rainy day in Lincoln's Inn as Averil expresses her concerns about her step-family and her desire to help a distant cousin named Annette Ramsay, who has recently lost her mother. The narrative highlights Averil's gentle nature and her commitment to helping those in need, as well as Mr. Harland’s concern for her well-being. As he reads a letter from Annette, the emotional weight surrounding both their lives and the theme of familial obligation begins to take shape, setting the stage for the unfolding drama and connections between the characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Friendship -- Fiction Conduct of life -- Fiction Courtship -- Fiction Cousins -- Fiction Sick -- Fiction Young women -- Conduct of life -- Fiction Kindness -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 423127 423130 2024-09-20T07:52:39.431352 2023-09-21T04:45:23.563080 text/html text/html 424543 2015-02-10T11:40:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 355251 2015-02-10T11:41:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 391662 2024-09-20T07:52:45.053264 application/epub+zip 397277 2024-09-20T07:52:40.218326 application/epub+zip 236229 2024-09-20T07:52:39.832329 application/epub+zip 534583 2024-09-20T07:52:49.121239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504856 2024-09-20T07:52:44.612308 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344140 2022-09-21T20:26:48.182008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398334 398114 2024-09-20T07:52:38.625291 2023-09-21T04:45:22.900086 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 398545 2015-02-10T11:40:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 152679 2015-02-10T11:41:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20010 2024-09-20T07:52:49.257239 application/rdf+xml 21647 2024-09-20T07:52:39.915291 image/jpeg 3418 2024-09-20T07:52:39.874291 image/jpeg 356009 2024-09-20T07:52:39.475295 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