Two ways of facing life (Registro nro. 119285)
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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 | PR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Burch, Florence E., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1856-1918 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Two ways of facing life |
| 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 | 2026 |
| 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 2026-04-28 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Two ways of facing life" by Florence E. Burch is a didactic Christian novel written in the late 19th century. It contrasts humble duty and inner growth with shallow social climbing, following the upright carpenter’s son Joseph Adams, his status-conscious cousins Neville and Wilhelmina, and the thoughtful schoolmaster Mr. Girling, with friends like Cicely Anderson in their orbit. Through everyday trials and moral choices, it explores how character, faith, and service offer a sturdier way of facing life than vanity and ambition.<br/><br/>The opening of the story introduces Joseph as a hardworking, generous teenager who defends the feeble “Daddy” David from street bullies, only to meet the disdain of his upward-aspiring cousin. A visit to the scholarly but careworn Mr. Girling sparks a mentorship that channels Joseph’s reading and self-improvement, while a glimpse of the Davids’ shabby home underscores the costs of resignation and drink. In sharp contrast, Neville and Mina court fashionable acquaintances, culminating in a party where Cicely is burned and later coached to be “circumspect” about Joseph, leading her to snub him in public. Inspired by a biography Mr. Girling lends, Joseph begins Sunday study and sets himself to useful learning. A Good Friday crisis then reveals his courage: he kills a vicious mastiff to save Mina, Alice Grandpont, and others, yet is fined in court; his father refuses charity and pays the penalty himself. The section closes with society still cold and Joseph quietly resolving to rise by work, learning, and right conduct. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: The Religious Tract Society, 1896 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Conduct of life -- Fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Christian fiction |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78567">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78567</a> |
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