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100 1 _aEdgeworth, Maria,
_d1768-1849
245 1 0 _aTales and Novels — Volume 02 :
_bPopular Tales
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-08-01
505 0 _aLame Jervas -- The will -- The Limerick gloves -- Out of debt out of danger -- The lottery -- Rosanna -- Murad the Unlucky -- The manufacturers -- The contrast -- The grateful Negro -- To-morrow.
508 _aText file produced by Jonathan Ingram, David Widger, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger
520 _a"Tales and Novels — Volume 02" by Maria Edgeworth is a collection of stories written in the mid-19th century. This volume includes a variety of popular tales designed to entertain and educate readers from different walks of life, with a particular focus on themes of morality and social commentary. One of the significant elements is the character Lame Jervas, a young lad with a limp who works in Cornwall's tin mines, highlighting the struggles of the lower classes and their journeys toward better futures. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for Lame Jervas's story, which begins with his mysterious disappearance from the mines, prompting a series of supernatural speculations among the miners. As the tale unfolds, readers are introduced to Jervas as he unexpectedly reappears as a gentleman, recounting his past hardships and the kindnesses he received that changed his life. The narrative explores Jervas's transition from a mistreated child laborer to a young man of integrity and gratitude, ultimately leading to his success and moral growth thanks to the support of good-hearted individuals in his life. The opening portion effectively establishes Jervas as a sympathetic protagonist and introduces themes that resonate throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8720
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