Project Gutenberg 2005-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 117 Moore, George 1852 1933 Moore, George Augustus Rhone, Lady Esther Waters Reading ease score: 89.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Eric Eldred, Clay Massei, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Esther Waters" by George Moore is a novel written during the late 19th century that delves into the life of a young working-class woman navigating the complexities of service, social class, and her own identity. The story follows Esther, a resilient and hardworking kitchen maid, as she grapples with her past and confronts the challenges of her new life at Woodview, a grand estate. With themes of class struggle and personal growth, the character of Esther embodies the struggles of many women of her time. The opening of the novel introduces us to Esther standing at a train station, feeling the weight of her bundle as she prepares to take up a new position as a kitchen maid at Woodview. Her thoughts reveal her insecurities about fitting in among the other servants and her concerns about her appearance and background. As she makes her way to the estate, she is met by William, the son of the cook, who offers to help her with her heavy load. Their brief conversation allows Esther's character to emerge as a hardworking, yet naive and hopeful young woman, eager to escape her difficult past. The reader gets a sense of her apprehensions about the expectations of her new job, and the influences of the class distinctions she must navigate in her life. This sets the stage for Esther's journey of self-discovery amid the rigid boundaries of social class and her desire for a better life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en England -- Fiction Domestic fiction Mothers and sons -- Fiction Unmarried mothers -- Fiction Women household employees -- Fiction PR Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 853718 853586 2024-10-04T06:02:47.091587 2023-10-04T06:13:22.515161 text/html text/html 853711 853579 2024-10-04T06:02:47.456600 2023-10-04T06:13:22.774179 text/html text/html 377197 2024-10-04T06:02:58.394551 application/epub+zip 389413 2024-10-04T06:02:49.800543 application/epub+zip 389413 2024-10-04T06:02:48.367577 application/epub+zip 660163 2024-10-04T06:03:05.282470 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 606095 2024-10-04T06:02:57.472519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577372 2022-09-04T09:10:42.616286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 777631 777550 2024-10-04T06:02:46.273583 2023-10-04T06:13:21.837159 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 777457 2012-05-20T14:43:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 290231 2012-05-20T14:43:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 777449 2012-05-20T14:43:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 290192 2012-05-20T14:43:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22436 2024-10-04T06:03:05.589471 application/rdf+xml 10978 2024-10-04T06:02:48.972538 image/jpeg 2975 2024-10-04T06:02:48.669567 image/jpeg 371053 2024-10-04T06:02:47.529547 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