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Meade, L. T.
1854
1914
Smith, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade
Meade, Mrs. L. T.
Thomas, Elizabeth
Meade, Elizabeth Thomasina
Meade, Lillie
Mead, L. T.
Outcast Robin : $b or, Your brother and mine : a cry from the great city
New edition
$aLondon :$bJohn F. Shaw and Co., $c1906.
Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Al Haines
"Outcast Robin: or, Your Brother and Mine: A Cry from the Great City" by L.T. Meade is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story presents a poignant portrayal of poverty and child neglect in urban settings, emphasizing societal failures and the dire consequences for innocent lives. Central to the narrative is Robin, a baby born into a chaotic and impoverished family, whose early life is marked by the absence of nurturing parental care. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the Timbs family in Blind Alley, London. The bleak circumstances of Robin's birth are revealed alongside his dying mother’s final wishes for her children. Immediately after her death, Robin is handed off, ultimately ending up in a workhouse after being abandoned by his alcoholic father. The opening sets a deeply emotional tone, vividly illustrating the harsh realities faced by the family as they struggle against adversity, thus foreshadowing Robin's tumultuous journey through childhood in a world rife with neglect and hardship. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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