The O'Brien, Charlotte Grace 1845-1909 creator text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats The 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.) Release date is 2026-02-26 Originally published: London: Religious Tract Society, 1908 Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction England -- Juvenile fiction PZ London: Religious Tract Society, 1908 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134817.0 78045