Project Gutenberg 2005-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 109 Holley, Marietta 1836 1926 Josiah Allen's wife Holley, Mariettta Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician Reading ease score: 86.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Richard Prairie, Tiffany Vergon, Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician" by Marietta Holley is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. The story centers on the character of Cicely and explores themes of love, family, and the struggles of navigating societal expectations and personal dilemmas, particularly in the realm of political involvement and maternal devotion. At the start of the novel, the opening introduces Josiah Allen and his wife, Samantha, who are excitedly expecting a visit from their niece Cicely, whom they adore. The narrative quickly draws readers into Cicely's past, recounting her delicate upbringing and deep connection with her late mother. As the couple reminisces about Cicely's beauty and the profound love they have for her, they reveal their concerns over her tumultuous relationship with her husband, Paul Slide, who battles alcohol addiction. The emotional complexity of their family ties is set against a backdrop highlighting societal issues related to alcoholism and women's rights, establishing an engaging foundation for the unfolding narrative about Cicely's attempts to safeguard her son from the same fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/7251/7251-h/images/inside_covers.jpg en Women -- Suffrage -- Fiction Temperance and religion -- Fiction Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Fiction PS Text Humor Browsing: Humour Browsing: Politics Browsing: Fiction 563505 563902 2024-10-03T12:44:20.514580 2023-10-04T03:38:32.412068 text/html text/html 571903 2021-01-27T00:43:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 10987226 2021-01-27T00:43:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 10791693 2024-10-03T12:44:29.868550 application/epub+zip 10803324 2024-10-03T12:44:22.359580 application/epub+zip 278780 2024-10-03T12:44:21.278622 application/epub+zip 10954215 2024-10-03T12:44:35.275523 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 10926095 2024-10-03T12:44:28.757544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412962 2022-09-04T05:14:13.903847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497230 497052 2024-10-03T12:44:18.127605 2023-10-04T03:38:30.514049 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 502790 2018-02-28T14:12:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 188351 2018-03-20T05:28:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 496962 2013-07-06T09:10:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 187678 2013-07-06T09:12:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22367 2024-10-03T12:44:35.421505 application/rdf+xml 26656 2024-10-03T12:44:21.422582 image/jpeg 3328 2024-10-03T12:44:21.355586 image/jpeg 10549133 2024-10-03T12:44:20.830614 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