02888cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000370011324500440015026400510019430000470024533600260029233700260031833800360034450000310038052017930041153400610220465300300226565300290229565300460232465300320237065300250240265300490242785600430247699900190251975954UtSlPG20260610134746.0mcr n260607r20251873utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aGuernsey, Lucy Ellen,d1826-189914aThe Widow Davis and the young milliners 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-04-25  a"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.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873  aChristian life -- Fiction  aSunday school literature  aYoung women -- Conduct of life -- Fiction  aPride and vanity -- Fiction  aChristian literature  aWork -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75954  c116679d116679