TY  - BOOK
AU  - Griswold,F.Burge
TI  - The Elm Tree Tales
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Conduct of life -- Fiction
KW  - Children -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2009-05-30; Jennie Grig: the street-sweeper -- Nannie Bates: the huckster's daughter -- Archibald Mackie: the little cripple; Produced by David Edwards, Josephine Paolucci and the
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N2  - "The Elm Tree Tales" by F. Burge Griswold is a collection of fictional stories written in the mid-19th century. The book revolves around the lives of various characters grappling with the themes of poverty, kindness, and the vicissitudes of life. Prominent among the characters is young Jennie Grig, a street-sweeper whose tough circumstances resonate profoundly throughout the narrative.  At the start of the tales, the plight of Jennie is poignantly introduced as she suffers an accident while working on the streets, leading to her being assisted by kind strangers. The narrative unfolds to reveal Jennie's worries for her sick family, painting an evocative picture of her struggles. As she is taken in by Mrs. Dunmore, the story hints at potential themes of kindness, social class differences, and the resilience of the human spirit. The interactions between Jennie and her new benefactors imply a journey of transformation that explores deeper connections, care, and hope amidst dire circumstances, setting the stage for the unfolding stories to delve into the nature of compassion and its effects on individual lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29008
ER  -