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Title: Farm Legends

Note: Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Credits: Produced by Carlo Traverso, Brian Wilsden, Lisa Anne
Hatfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
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Summary: "Farm Legends" by Will Carleton is a collection of narrative poems, likely written in the late 19th century. The volume showcases the author's portrayal of rural life and its various character studies, capturing the essence of human experiences amidst the backdrop of farms and communities. It explores themes of love, loss, and the rustic vibrancy of everyday life through vivid storytelling. The opening of "Farm Legends" introduces a diverse cast of schoolchildren and their schoolmaster, setting a lively scene in a district schoolhouse. Through the schoolmaster's observations, readers are introduced to various pupils, each with distinct personalities and quirks, as they engage in lessons and distractions. Additionally, the arrival of local community fathers aims to question the effectiveness of the schoolmaster's teaching methods, highlighting the tension between traditional education and evolving societal expectations. The narrative blends humor and social commentary, revealing the amusing dynamics of school life in a rural setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Carleton, Will, 1845-1912

EBook No.: 54003

Published: Jan 18, 2017

Downloads: 65

Language: English

Subject: American poetry -- 19th century

Subject: Farm life -- Poetry

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: Farm Legends

Note: Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Credits: Produced by Carlo Traverso, Brian Wilsden, Lisa Anne
Hatfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http: //www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images
generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Summary: "Farm Legends" by Will Carleton is a collection of narrative poems, likely written in the late 19th century. The volume showcases the author's portrayal of rural life and its various character studies, capturing the essence of human experiences amidst the backdrop of farms and communities. It explores themes of love, loss, and the rustic vibrancy of everyday life through vivid storytelling. The opening of "Farm Legends" introduces a diverse cast of schoolchildren and their schoolmaster, setting a lively scene in a district schoolhouse. Through the schoolmaster's observations, readers are introduced to various pupils, each with distinct personalities and quirks, as they engage in lessons and distractions. Additionally, the arrival of local community fathers aims to question the effectiveness of the schoolmaster's teaching methods, highlighting the tension between traditional education and evolving societal expectations. The narrative blends humor and social commentary, revealing the amusing dynamics of school life in a rural setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Carleton, Will, 1845-1912

EBook No.: 54003

Published: Jan 18, 2017

Downloads: 65

Language: English

Subject: American poetry -- 19th century

Subject: Farm life -- Poetry

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.