02399cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000140007804000110009204100170010305000070012010000410012724500490016826400510021730000470026833600260031533700260034133800360036750000310040350802270043452011480066153400450180965300350185465300740188970000360196385600430199999900190204262815UtSlPG20260610134440.0mcr n260607r2020||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  ac98000162  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMackie, Pauline Bradford,d1873-195613aYe Lyttle Salem Maide: A Story of Witchcraft 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2020  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2020-08-01  aProduced by Mary Glenn Krause, Charlene Taylor and the
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available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"Ye Lyttle Salem Maide: A Story of Witchcraft" by Pauline Bradford Mackie is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The book centers around Deliverance Wentworth, a young Puritan maiden navigating the treacherous environment of witchcraft accusations in Salem. It explores the themes of innocence, societal judgment, and the impact of paranoia on communities during a time of superstition and fear.  The opening of the story introduces Deliverance as she encounters a Cavalier in the forest, where they discuss witchery and her recently imposed punishment for a minor social faux pas. This meeting foreshadows her entanglement with darker themes, as whispers of witchcraft swirl around her, influenced by the Cavalier's grim perspective. The narrative establishes the juxtaposition of her youthful innocence against the grim backdrop of the witch trials, hinting at the challenges she will face as accusations of witchcraft arise. The dialogue and vivid descriptions effectively set the stage for a tale steeped in both historical context and the exploration of human fear and folly. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aTrials (Witchcraft) -- Fiction  aSalem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction1 aHamilton, Edward W.,d1862-194340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62815  c103639d103639