01974cam a22004213u 4500 31869 UtSlPG 20260610133728.0 m cr n 260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Cummins, Maria S. (Maria Susanna), 1827-1866 The Lamplighter Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2010 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lamplighter Release date is 2010-04-02 Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Lamplighter" by Maria S. Cummins is a novel published in 1854. This female coming-of-age story follows Gertrude Flint, an abandoned orphan rescued at age eight by a kind lamplighter from her abusive guardian. Raised with love and religious faith, Gertrude transforms from a mistreated child into a moralistic woman. Her journey of suffering and virtue ultimately leads to unexpected rewards in adulthood. An immediate bestseller, the novel sold over 40,000 copies in eight weeks and became a cultural phenomenon of its era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Orphans -- Fiction Christian life -- Fiction Courtship -- Fiction Child abuse -- Fiction Success -- Fiction Poverty -- Fiction Kindness -- Fiction Blind children -- Fiction Social status -- Fiction Diligence -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31869 72715 72715