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050 4 _aPZ
100 1 _aPerry, Nora,
_d1831-1896
245 1 0 _aHope Benham: A Story for Girls
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2011-05-14
508 _aProduced by Heather Clark, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Hope Benham: A Story for Girls" by Nora Perry is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Hope Benham, a determined young girl who sells flowers to earn money for a violin she longs to own. Exploring themes of class distinction and personal ambition, the narrative also delves into the complexities of Hope's character as she navigates her relationships with both her loving family and the social expectations around her. At the start of the book, readers meet Hope as she successfully sells arbutus flowers at the Brookside station, revealing her entrepreneurial spirit and her dreams of music. Hope's joy in her sales is soon contrasted with the disdainful attitude she encounters from well-off peers like Dolly Dering, who struggles to understand Hope's choices. This initial interaction exposes the class divide and sets the stage for Hope's journey, highlighting her resilience and her desire to be seen as more than her economic circumstances. The chapter establishes a narrative rich with character dynamics and social commentary within the context of a coming-of-age story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPoor -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aGirls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aStudents -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aDiligence -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSuccess -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aViolinists -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aMusicians -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aMerrill, Frank T.,
_d1848-1923
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36105
999 _c76946
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