The Widow Davis and the young milliners (Registro nro. 116679)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Guernsey, Lucy Ellen, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1826-1899 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Widow Davis and the young milliners |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-04-25 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Widow Davis and the Young Milliners: A Story for Young Ladies" by Guernsey is a novel written in the mid-19th century. This work centers on the lives of young women working in the millinery trade, exploring their moral challenges, personal growth, and the influence of a compassionate Christian mentor, the widow Davis. Through its focus on everyday struggles, friendship, and faith, the book likely seeks to impart lessons on character, religious devotion, and making virtuous choices amidst temptation. Main characters include Mary Davis, her mother (the widow Davis), and the sisters Jane and Ellen Saunders, whose contrasting approaches to life and religion provide much of the emotional and thematic depth. The opening of the novel introduces Mrs. Davis, who, after a life marked by hardship and declining health, relies on her daughter Mary’s earnings as a milliner. Sundays offer Mary solace through worship, teaching at Sunday school, and quiet time with her mother, while her peers—including newcomers Jane and Ellen Saunders—prefer pleasure and amusement. When rain cancels the sisters’ planned outing, Mary invites them to her home, and Jane accepts, drawn in by the kindness and gentle wisdom of Mrs. Davis. Through conversations about temptation, religion, and the true principles behind virtuous living, the narrative sets up Jane’s growing curiosity about faith and moral conduct, contrasted by Ellen’s resistance and the lure of worldly pleasures. Death, sudden illness, and everyday pressures sharpen these moral discussions, as Jane finds comfort and guidance in Mrs. Davis’s home, gradually gathering other young milliners to join in these Sunday gatherings, seeking spiritual understanding and support. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Christian life -- Fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Sunday school literature |
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| Uncontrolled term | Young women -- Conduct of life -- Fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Pride and vanity -- Fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Christian literature |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Work -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75954">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75954</a> |
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