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100 1 _aGriswold, F. Burge
_q(Frances Burge),
_d1826-1900
245 1 4 _aThe Elm Tree Tales
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2009-05-30
505 0 _aJennie Grig: the street-sweeper -- Nannie Bates: the huckster's daughter -- Archibald Mackie: the little cripple.
508 _aProduced by David Edwards, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aConduct of life -- Fiction
653 _aChildren -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29008
999 _c69856
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