Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 88 Emerson, Alice B. Betty Gordon in Washington; Or, Strange Adventures in a Great City Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Avinash Kothare, Tom Allen, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Betty Gordon in Washington; Or, Strange Adventures in a Great City" by Alice B. Emerson is a novel likely written during the early 20th century. The story follows the adventures of Betty Gordon, a young orphan who has found herself at Bramble Farm, dealing with the challenges posed by an unkind guardian, Joseph Peabody. The book explores themes of resilience and friendship as Betty navigates her relationships and seeks a better life while waiting to hear from her uncle about her future. The opening of the story introduces Betty Gordon as she finds solace in nature while sorting flowers for a vase. Her peaceful moment is interrupted by a quarrel between two men, which compels her to act, demonstrating her caring nature. Betty's interactions with Bob Henderson, the farm's young boy, reveal the tension in their lives under Peabody's supervision. As the chapter unfolds, Betty expresses her desire to leave the farm and hints at a broader adventure ahead, already envisioning a future in Washington where her uncle resides. The beginning establishes a backdrop of conflict and dreams, setting the stage for Betty's forthcoming escapades. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Washington (D.C.) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 290539 290540 2024-10-03T11:05:22.546131 2023-10-03T09:48:27.395440 text/html text/html 289284 2014-03-11T15:12:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 106986 2014-03-11T15:12:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 211998 2024-10-03T11:05:31.662054 application/epub+zip 214340 2024-10-03T11:05:26.857097 application/epub+zip 168472 2024-10-03T11:05:25.312201 application/epub+zip 483647 2024-10-03T11:05:34.977062 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473202 2024-10-03T11:05:30.633070 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245112 2022-09-03T13:50:55.054703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270905 270813 2024-10-03T11:05:21.749164 2023-10-03T09:48:26.702433 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 270488 2014-03-11T15:11:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104273 2014-03-11T15:12:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19267 2024-10-03T11:05:35.105103 application/rdf+xml 25395 2024-10-03T11:05:25.960166 image/jpeg 4723 2024-10-03T11:05:25.635096 image/jpeg 211522 2024-10-03T11:05:22.573095 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