02600cam a22003493u 4500 77374 UtSlPG 20260610134807.0 m cr n 260607r20251892utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 07010212 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Jennings, Mary Elizabeth The brave little maid of Goldau 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 2025-12-01 Carol Brown, Richard Illner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) The brave little maid of Goldau by Mary Elizabeth Jennings is a short, illustrated work of historical fiction written in the late 19th century. Set in a Swiss mountain village, it centers on a catastrophic landslide and a young maid’s courage, with themes of sacrifice, resilience, and the quiet mending of home and community. In the village of Goldau beneath Mount Rossberg, Kaspar Bernstein lives with his wife, Josepha, their children Heinrich, Gretchen, and baby Fritz, and the maid Franziska Ulrich. After relentless storms, a landslide tears through their home: Josepha dies with the baby in her arms, while Franziska and little Gretchen are buried in darkness. Pinned by debris, Franziska calms and sustains the child through the night with gentle words and a story until Kaspar’s morning search uncovers them; Gretchen is saved, and Franziska, gravely hurt, slowly recovers with the help of a kind neighbor. In the years that follow, Franziska keeps a promise to care for Gretchen, even declining marriage to her suitor Karl; when Gretchen at last weds, Franziska accepts Karl’s renewed proposal. The tale closes with a reflective visit to the scarred mountainside and the echo of evening bells that once called Franziska back to hope. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company, 1892 Historical fiction Switzerland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Goldau, Switzerland Landslide, 1806 -- Fiction https://archive.org/details/bravelittlemaido00jenn/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77374 118094 118094