Project Gutenberg 2015-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 40 Harland, Marion 1830 1922 Terhune, Mary Virginia Hawes Hawes, Mary Virginia Terhune, Edward Payson, Mrs. Husks Reading ease score: 69.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. 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/)) "Husks" by Marion Harland is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the lives of the Hunt family, focusing particularly on two of the daughters, Sarah and Lucy, as they navigate the societal pressures and personal challenges of their time. The book delves into themes of poverty, compassion, and the pursuit of genuine meaning in life amidst superficiality. The opening of the novel sets a gloomy, rainy day in a respectable neighborhood of Gotham, where a young girl tries to sell matches in inclement weather. The narrative explores the interactions between this girl and Sarah, who shows kindness to the unfortunate child, bringing her into her home for warmth and food. We also gain insight into Sarah's complex personality—her deep sensitivity to the struggles of others contrasts with her family dynamics, particularly with her mother, who embodies societal expectations and material ambition. As Sarah grapples with these themes, her character begins to emerge as one who yearns for deeper understanding and connection beyond her privileged but stifling upbringing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American fiction -- 19th century PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 454416 454417 2024-10-20T09:03:04.193567 2023-09-21T05:49:30.888054 text/html text/html 456970 2015-03-11T15:48:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 254068 2015-03-11T15:48:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 277253 2024-10-20T09:03:09.738525 application/epub+zip 282792 2024-10-20T09:03:04.974578 application/epub+zip 261536 2024-10-20T09:03:04.592594 application/epub+zip 420319 2024-10-20T09:03:13.900503 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392547 2024-10-20T09:03:09.331549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371475 2022-09-22T04:37:43.721798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431013 430793 2024-10-20T09:03:03.488593 2023-09-21T05:49:30.086087 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 431254 2015-03-11T15:48:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 174735 2015-03-11T15:48:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19719 2024-10-20T09:03:14.028513 application/rdf+xml 23619 2024-10-20T09:03:04.666553 image/jpeg 3937 2024-10-20T09:03:04.629570 image/jpeg 258031 2024-10-20T09:03:04.237564 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