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LoC No.: c98000162

Title: Ye Lyttle Salem Maide: A Story of Witchcraft

Note: Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Credits: Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, Charlene Taylor and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net
(This file was produced from images generously made
available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Summary: "Ye Lyttle Salem Maide: A Story of Witchcraft" by Pauline Bradford Mackie is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The book centers around Deliverance Wentworth, a young Puritan maiden navigating the treacherous environment of witchcraft accusations in Salem. It explores the themes of innocence, societal judgment, and the impact of paranoia on communities during a time of superstition and fear. The opening of the story introduces Deliverance as she encounters a Cavalier in the forest, where they discuss witchery and her recently imposed punishment for a minor social faux pas. This meeting foreshadows her entanglement with darker themes, as whispers of witchcraft swirl around her, influenced by the Cavalier's grim perspective. The narrative establishes the juxtaposition of her youthful innocence against the grim backdrop of the witch trials, hinting at the challenges she will face as accusations of witchcraft arise. The dialogue and vivid descriptions effectively set the stage for a tale steeped in both historical context and the exploration of human fear and folly. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Mackie, Pauline Bradford, 1873-1956

Illustrator: Hamilton, Edward W., 1862-1943

EBook No.: 62815

Published: Aug 1, 2020

Downloads: 47

Language: English

Subject: Trials (Witchcraft) -- Fiction

Subject: Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

LoC No.: c98000162

Title: Ye Lyttle Salem Maide: A Story of Witchcraft

Note: Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Credits: Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, Charlene Taylor and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net
(This file was produced from images generously made
available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Summary: "Ye Lyttle Salem Maide: A Story of Witchcraft" by Pauline Bradford Mackie is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The book centers around Deliverance Wentworth, a young Puritan maiden navigating the treacherous environment of witchcraft accusations in Salem. It explores the themes of innocence, societal judgment, and the impact of paranoia on communities during a time of superstition and fear. The opening of the story introduces Deliverance as she encounters a Cavalier in the forest, where they discuss witchery and her recently imposed punishment for a minor social faux pas. This meeting foreshadows her entanglement with darker themes, as whispers of witchcraft swirl around her, influenced by the Cavalier's grim perspective. The narrative establishes the juxtaposition of her youthful innocence against the grim backdrop of the witch trials, hinting at the challenges she will face as accusations of witchcraft arise. The dialogue and vivid descriptions effectively set the stage for a tale steeped in both historical context and the exploration of human fear and folly. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Mackie, Pauline Bradford, 1873-1956

Illustrator: Hamilton, Edward W., 1862-1943

EBook No.: 62815

Published: Aug 1, 2020

Downloads: 47

Language: English

Subject: Trials (Witchcraft) -- Fiction

Subject: Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.