02730cam a22003733u 4500 77248 UtSlPG 20260610134805.0 m cr n 260607r20251879utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ Lyster, Annette, 1831-1908 Fan's silken string Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-11-16 "Fan's silken string" by Annette Lyster is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in rural England, it follows lively but wayward Ben Fairfax and his delicate little sister, Fan, as affection and conscience tug him toward better choices. Blending adventure with Christian moral themes, it contrasts rough cottage life and farm work with the gentler world of a country estate, where a girl named Pearl may become significant to their story. The opening of the novel shows Ben bluffing his way into haymaking work on a Midland farm, charming everyone while secretly sleeping in the loft, pilfering fruit, and teaching a mate to gamble. A chance talk about his sister awakens his conscience, and he slips away at night—wrongly taking wages and a child’s frock—to return to his Kent village. There he finds his father arrested for poaching, his mother and baby dead of fever, and Fan dangerously weak; with the help of kind Mrs. Simmonds, he carries Fan off at night to avoid the workhouse and police. In London they are turned out when Fan’s fever is discovered, then ride partway into the country on a carrier’s waggon until the driver exposes Ben’s lies; hungry and wandering, Ben resists stealing food after Fan’s rebuke and faith-filled trust. The sequence closes with Fan asleep in a small “toy” cottage in a wood—part of the Harewood estate—just as the narrative turns to introduce the warm, well-to-do Harewoods and their cherished daughter, Pearl. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1879 Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Poverty -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Sick children -- Juvenile fiction Romance fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77248 117968 117968