02228cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000410011324500320015426400510018630000470023733600260028433700260031033800360033650000310037252013040040353400650170765300390177265300400181165300320185185600430188378045UtSlPG20260610134817.0mcr n260607r20261908utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aO'Brien, Charlotte Grace,d1845-190914aThe happiness of Hazelbrook 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-02-26  aThe happiness of Hazelbrook by Charlotte Grace O'Brien is a didactic Christian domestic novella from the Victorian era. It centers on village life and the moral themes of duty before pleasure, repentance, and compassionate charity, showing how faith and steadfast goodness shape a family and their neighbors.

Widow Lawrence struggles to raise her children, including industrious Ben, lively Katie, and bedridden Nelly. Tempted by idle friends, Katie slips into disobedience, sneaks to a fair, and is nearly killed in a thunderstorm, which leads to confession and reform. A smallpox outbreak following the fair claims two wayward youths and humbles Fanny Price, who recovers changed for the better. Gentle Mabel Tracy from the local manor brings comfort, Scripture, and an allegory of salvation that steadies hearts. A parallel thread follows blind Granny Hale, whose long-lost son Tom, broken by years at sea and brought to repentance, returns and becomes a faithful support. Nelly dies peacefully, trusting in Christ; Katie grows dutiful, declines a promising position to help her mother, later marries the reformed Tom, and they build a happy, orderly home—underscoring the book’s message that obedience, humility, and grace bring true happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: Religious Tract Society, 1908  aChristian life -- Juvenile fiction  aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aEngland -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045