02578cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500170014426400510016130000470021233600260025933700260028533800360031150000310034752016440037853400620202265300180208465300380210265300320214065300490217285600430222178624UtSlPG20260610134826.0mcr n260607r20261896utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aGiberne, Agnes,d1845-193910aLife-tangles 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-05-06  a"Life-tangles" by Agnes Giberne is an epistolary novel written in the late 19th century. It follows Rhoda Frith, a candid seventeen-year-old diarist, as she wrestles with temper, jealousy, duty, and faith amid domestic frictions after her mother’s return from India, the presence of older cousins Clarissa and Juliet, and the care of toddler twins. When tensions peak, a stay with her principled Uncle Basil and saintly, invalid Aunt Marian, and the example of the overburdened yet steadfast Millicent Farrars, begin to redirect her toward humility and service.

The opening of the novel shows Rhoda eagerly awaiting her mother’s homecoming, only to be stung by a flat reunion, clingy twins who reject her, and cousins who seem to manage everything. In journal entries she veers between resolutions and outbursts: chafing at correction, failing at early-morning practice, struggling to teach the twins, and resenting Juliet’s “meddling,” until her mother’s gentle but firm reproofs and Uncle Basil’s frank talk expose her self-will—along with the revelation that the cousins are actually subsidizing the household. After a public flare-up over a proposed visit, Rhoda’s mother decrees a three-month stay with Uncle Basil, where Rhoda meets calm, incisive Aunt Marian and is set to useful tasks; she also encounters Millicent Farrars, a quietly heroic rector’s daughter running a large, frugal home. The excerpt closes with a hinted thread—Millicent’s telltale reaction to the name Ernest Derwentwater and her father’s wary questions—signaling complications to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: John F. Shaw and Co., 1896  aDiary fiction  aTeenage girls -- Juvenile fiction  aEngland -- Juvenile fiction  aYouth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78624