Project Gutenberg 2016-11-25 Public domain in the USA. 57 Farjeon, B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) 1833 1903 Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold The Shield of Love Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books (the New York Public Library) "The Shield of Love" by B. L. Farjeon is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the Fox-Cordery family, particularly focusing on Charlotte Fox-Cordery, a modern Cinderella struggling under the oppression of her tyrannical mother and brother. The novel explores themes of love, social class, and personal resilience against familial constraints, as Charlotte finds herself caught between her harsh reality and the hope of a better future through her relationship with John Dixon. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Charlotte Fox-Cordery and her brother, the self-absorbed Mr. Fox-Cordery, who lives a life of luxury at the expense of his sister's servitude. Their dynamic reflects Charlotte's position in the family as a Cinderella figure, forced into drudgery and given little love or respect. The opening chapters depict Charlotte's childhood memories with her father, the subsequent burden of her mother’s control, and the bleakness of her daily existence. Despite her circumstances, Charlotte's innate compassion and hopeful spirit shine through as she develops feelings for John Dixon, laying the groundwork for her struggle to assert her identity and seek the love and life she desires amidst oppression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 406448 402804 2024-09-22T09:11:06.957153 2023-09-23T07:36:09.452346 text/html text/html 412553 2016-11-25T09:05:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 140197 2016-11-25T09:05:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 203195 2024-09-22T09:11:13.869091 application/epub+zip 210869 2024-09-22T09:11:08.887147 application/epub+zip 210870 2024-09-22T09:11:07.669219 application/epub+zip 364675 2024-09-22T09:11:17.491090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351277 2024-09-22T09:11:13.129124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328665 2022-09-24T10:57:20.838395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358613 358525 2024-09-22T09:11:05.549309 2023-09-23T07:36:08.451384 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 358880 2016-11-25T09:05:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 134690 2016-11-25T09:05:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18037 2024-09-22T09:11:17.615094 application/rdf+xml 12018 2024-09-22T09:11:08.229117 image/jpeg 3323 2024-09-22T09:11:07.947125 image/jpeg 197251 2024-09-22T09:11:06.991165 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