Project Gutenberg 2023-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 73 Howland, Marie Stevens 1836 1921 Stevens, Marie Stevens, Hannah Marie Papa's own girl: A novel $aUnited States :$bJohn P. Jewett,$c1874. Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Papa's Own Girl" by Marie Stevens Howland is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book explores the complexities of childhood, family dynamics, and the unfolding journey of its protagonist, Clara Forest, as she navigates her youth amidst familial obligations and societal expectations. Through Clara's eyes, readers witness the challenges of growing up, alongside the tensions between personal desires and family responsibilities. The opening of the novel introduces Clara as a seven-year-old girl filled with joy at the arrival of two younger sisters, whom she initially views as a blessing. However, the narrative quickly contrasts Clara's excitement with her mother's somber demeanor, hinting at underlying challenges within the family. Clara's relationship with her brother Dan is also established; he dismisses the twins, revealing his frustration at the disruption they bring to his carefree childhood. As the story unfolds, Clara's early innocence is portrayed through her encounters, such as her fascination with the neighbor girl and her experiences in the village, setting the stage for her eventual maturation and the exploration of deeper themes of love, duty, and personal identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100591574 20190721161523howland 1874 US en Fantasy fiction Utopias -- Fiction Utopian fiction PS Text Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 1001130 1001137 2024-09-28T14:09:51.841060 2023-09-30T04:01:56.717611 text/html text/html 999727 2023-01-07T14:47:38 text/html 620952 2024-09-28T14:10:05.628979 application/epub+zip 615689 2024-09-28T14:09:54.344051 application/epub+zip 538045 2024-09-28T14:09:53.084052 application/epub+zip 923572 2024-09-28T14:10:13.917958 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 859861 2024-09-28T14:10:04.147999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 905980 906014 2024-09-28T14:09:49.935049 2023-09-30T04:01:55.054624 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 905730 2023-01-07T14:47:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18082 2024-09-28T14:10:14.171928 application/rdf+xml 7353 2024-09-28T14:09:53.343057 image/jpeg 1504 2024-09-28T14:09:53.215131 image/jpeg 958351 2024-09-28T14:09:51.932087 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