Stretton, Hesba 1832-1911 creator Wuorinen, Olli 1842-1917 text utu 2025 monographic fi 1 online resource : multiple file formats Yksin Lontoossa by Hesba Stretton is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set amid the streets around Holborn and the Strand, it follows gentle old newsvendor James Oliver, who unexpectedly becomes guardian to a deserted little girl, Dolly, and bonds with a street boy, Tony. The story promises a tender, faith-infused portrait of poverty, loneliness, and small acts of kindness in the great city. The opening of the novel shows a sweltering London evening, Oliver’s cramped shop-home, and his wistful talk with his sister about their past and his estranged daughter, Susanna. After Charlotta leaves, a woman abandons Dolly in the shop; Oliver keeps the child despite Tony’s offer to take her. A note reveals Dolly is Susanna’s daughter, sent to mend the rift, but another letter soon explains Susanna has chosen to follow her soldier husband to India, leaving Dolly in Oliver’s care. Oliver’s joy mixes with worry over age, poverty, and failing memory, while Tony becomes a nightly lodger, absorbs Oliver’s simple Christian comfort, prays for honest work, and—helped by Dolly buying him a broom—finally starts sweeping a busy crossing and earns his first coins. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Release date is 2025-06-29 Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen Originally published: Helsinki: K. E. Holm, 1876 Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Poor -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Death -- Juvenile fiction Poverty -- Juvenile fiction Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction Homeless children -- Juvenile fiction Reconciliation -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Hospitals -- Juvenile fiction PZ Helsinki: K. E. Holm, 1876 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76415 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76415 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134752.0 76415