Project Gutenberg 2025-03-04 Public domain in the USA. 1087 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia) 1810 1886 Stephens, Ann Sophia Winterbotham Slick, Jonathan 08012406 The soldier's orphans $aUnited States :$bT. B. Peterson, $c1866. Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). 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.) "The Soldier's Orphans" by Ann S. Stephens is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative revolves around the struggles of a family dealing with poverty during a tumultuous time marked by war. Central characters include Anna Burns and her young brothers, Robert and Joseph, who endure hardship while waiting for news about their father, a soldier engaged in battle. The opening portion introduces us to the grim living conditions of Anna and her family, who have been reduced to living in a garret in Philadelphia. We see poignant scenes highlighting their resourcefulness and familial love, such as the children gathering oyster shells, which they hope to share, and the old grandmother's attempts to provide for them through sewing, despite her own physical frailty. Tension escalates with the news of a recent battle involving their father, prompting Robert to seek out news desperately, leading him to a wealthy woman who ultimately provides aid to the destitute family. This opening deftly sets the stage for a story of resilience against the backdrop of war and social disparity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006131454 20210202154705stephens 1866 US en American fiction -- 19th century PS Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction 619998 2025-03-04T10:00:12.249846 text/html 594797 2025-03-04T08:50:52 text/html 515862 2025-03-04T10:00:44.011684 application/epub+zip 513250 2025-03-04T10:00:26.923794 application/epub+zip 421343 2025-03-04T10:00:16.869765 application/epub+zip 1124124 2025-03-04T10:00:59.559570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1098997 2025-03-04T10:00:42.809669 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529352 2025-03-04T10:00:09.924299 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 509477 2025-03-04T08:50:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 4524 2025-03-04T10:00:59.708581 application/rdf+xml 20170 2025-03-04T10:00:25.948765 image/jpeg 2258 2025-03-04T10:00:25.755788 image/jpeg 1286939 2025-03-04T10:00:12.314870 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