Project Gutenberg 2015-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 114 Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811 1896 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Crowfield, Christopher Stowe, H. B. (Harriet Beecher) Fredericks, Alfred 1926 Frederick, Alfred We and Our Neighbors; or, The Records of an Unfashionable Street Produced by David Edwards, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "We and Our Neighbors; or, The Records of an Unfashionable Street" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the lives of two elderly sisters, Miss Dorcas Vanderheyden and Mrs. Betsey Benthusen, who are observing the arrival of new neighbors in their historic New York home. Their interactions and reflections introduce themes of social status, family dynamics, and changing times, establishing a rich social landscape as the sisters grapple with their past and the modern world around them. The opening of the novel introduces the two sisters keenly watching their new neighbors move in, highlighting their curious natures and subtle snobbery. As they speculate about the young couple they see, they reveal their old-world values in contrast to the new life blossoming across the street. Through their perspectives, Stowe sets up a social commentary that blends humor with gentle critique, positioning the sisters as both endearing and comical figures. The interactions of the sisters, along with the presence of the playful terrier Jack, not only create a vivid picture of domestic life but also signal the impending changes that their unfashionable street will witness with the arrival of modernity and new social circles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American fiction -- 19th century Christian life -- Fiction Women -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 931637 931657 2024-09-20T09:44:26.577750 2023-09-21T06:28:00.350832 text/html text/html 940976 2015-03-29T12:25:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1082612 2015-03-29T12:25:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1129057 2024-09-20T09:44:39.764701 application/epub+zip 1139409 2024-09-20T09:44:28.818722 application/epub+zip 424653 2024-09-20T09:44:27.657727 application/epub+zip 1412861 2024-09-20T09:44:48.230130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1319042 2024-09-20T09:44:38.253731 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 604813 2022-09-22T05:31:49.338816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 852950 852745 2024-09-20T09:44:24.224765 2023-09-21T06:27:58.218824 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 852630 2015-03-29T12:25:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 330101 2015-03-29T12:25:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19831 2024-09-20T09:44:48.384143 application/rdf+xml 8692 2024-09-20T09:44:27.782769 image/jpeg 1617 2024-09-20T09:44:27.716736 image/jpeg 1083935 2024-09-20T09:44:26.680738 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