Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 161 Edgeworth, Maria 1767 1849 Edgeworth, Eliza Tales and Novels — Volume 10 Helen Reading ease score: 66.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Helen. Text file produced by Jonathan Ingram, David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Tales and Novels — Volume 10" by Maria Edgeworth is a fictional work written during the mid-19th century. This volume centers around the character of Helen Stanley, a young woman who recently lost her beloved uncle and now grapples with the sorrow of becoming orphaned while also facing the implications of her family's shattered financial situation. Through Helen's journey, the book explores themes of love, loss, independence, and societal expectations, as she navigates her new reality with the support of newfound friends, Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood. The opening of the novel introduces Helen as she is observed walking slowly in mourning, conveying her deep unhappiness following her uncle's death. Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood express their concern for her, realizing the discrepancies in her uncle's previously perceived wealth and the actual financial troubles left in his wake. As the couple contemplates how to break the unfortunate news to Helen, the narrative dives into Helen's background, revealing her upbringing as an heiress spoilt by her uncle's ineffective financial management. Readers witness Helen's character unfold as she deals with her grief, discovering her uncle's debts, and her subsequent resolve to live independently, ultimately highlighting her strength and moral fortitude as she contemplates her place in a world where her status has drastically changed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Women -- England -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1212087 1212088 2024-10-04T07:47:16.045182 2023-10-04T07:25:36.360105 text/html text/html 1273698 2021-02-26T00:09:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 409814 2021-02-26T00:09:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 500595 2024-10-04T07:47:30.530132 application/epub+zip 520822 2024-10-04T07:47:20.068159 application/epub+zip 507151 2024-10-04T07:47:18.419171 application/epub+zip 906494 2024-10-04T07:47:38.824088 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 838112 2024-10-04T07:47:29.365142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 803179 2022-09-04T10:51:14.735482 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1039842 1039754 2024-10-04T07:47:13.513205 2023-10-04T07:25:34.112079 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1057681 2016-12-20T08:57:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 389191 2016-12-20T09:01:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1039400 2016-01-01T10:26:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 386793 2016-01-01T10:30:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21959 2024-10-04T07:47:39.092066 application/rdf+xml 15989 2024-10-04T07:47:19.020166 image/jpeg 3901 2024-10-04T07:47:18.728177 image/jpeg 489413 2024-10-04T07:47:16.140185 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