02373cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000230011324500410013626400510017730000470022833600260027533700260030133800360032750000310036350801840039452012560057853400450183465300390187965300220191865300340194065300300197485600430200456410UtSlPG20260610134311.0mcr n260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aJamieson, Molly E.10aRuby: A Story of the Australian Bush 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2018  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2018-01-21  aDavid E. Brown and The Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from scans of public domain works at The National
Library of Australia.)  a"Ruby: A Story of the Australian Bush" by Molly E. Jamieson is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows a young girl named Ruby Thorne, who dreams of her unknown mother in Scotland while navigating her life in the Australian bush, where she lives with her father and stepmother. Themes of family, kindness, longing, and the contrast between Australia's harsh landscape and the beauty of her imagined Scottish home permeate the narrative.  At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to Ruby, who is eagerly anticipating Christmas in the Australian bush. Through her interactions with her stepmother and her father, the story establishes Ruby's innocence, her longing for connection, and her contemplation of her mother's past. The bustling preparations for Christmas dinner and Ruby's excitement about the upcoming celebration paint a vivid picture of her life. However, the underlying tension reveals Ruby's struggles, including her stepmother's discontent with bush life and her yearning for the mother she never knew. This opening chapter sets the stage for Ruby's adventures and the challenges she will face as she explores her identity and the meaning of family. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aChristian life -- Juvenile fiction  aChristmas stories  aAustralia -- Juvenile fiction  aGirls -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56410