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_aLeslie, Emma, _d1838-1909 |
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | _aA gypsy against her will |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2024 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2024-03-04 | ||
| 520 | _a"A Gypsy Against Her Will: or, Worth Her Weight in Gold" by Emma Leslie is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Lizzie, a young girl who struggles against the confines of her domestic service and longs for a life away from servitude. The novel explores themes of freedom, identity, and the consequences of rash decisions as Lizzie's desire for independence leads her into the clutches of a dubious fortune-teller and a traveling show. At the start of the novel, we meet Lizzie, who expresses her frustration about working as a servant and her desire to return home to help her mother with laundry. After a tense argument with her mother about her dissatisfaction with her current life, Lizzie goes out to meet a friend but encounters Mrs. Stanley, a fortune-teller from a nearby fair. Intrigued by the prospect of a more exciting life, Lizzie is drawn into a world of deception that promises her freedom but instead leads her to a dark fate as she becomes ensnared in Mrs. Stanley's manipulations. As the narrative unfolds, Lizzie’s initial hope and excitement rapidly transform into regret, with her yearning for a different existence turning into a grim reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cLondon: Blackie and Son Limited, 1889 |
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| 653 | _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aChildren -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aSiblings -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aRomanies -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aPrisoners -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aRunaway teenagers -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aRepentance -- Juvenile fiction | ||
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