
A LIFE UNVEILED
INTRODUCTION
TO THE READER
A LIFE UNVEILED
CHAPTER I The Family Tree
CHAPTER II The Roof-tree
CHAPTER III “A Child Went Forth”
CHAPTER IV In the Old Paths
CHAPTER V “As Twig Is Bent”
CHAPTER VI “Bred in the Bone”
Set against the rolling, loam‑capped drumlins of upstate New York, the story follows a bright‑eyed girl whose childhood playground stretches over gentle, grass‑laden hills that were once the work of ancient glaciers. The narrator paints the landscape with vivid detail—cattle grazing on the slopes, grain swaying in the summer breeze—and uses it as a quiet backdrop for the everyday triumphs and mischief of youth. Through playful anecdotes and tender observations, the early chapters capture the innocence of a time when the world seemed both boundless and intimately known.
As the girl moves toward adulthood, her reflections become a lively record of personal growth, ambition, and the quiet strength needed to carve a purposeful career in an era of change. The prose feels like a candid journal, full of humor, stubbornness, and heartfelt honesty, inviting listeners to recognize their own fleeting moments of wonder in her story. It is both a portrait of a specific place and a universal coming‑of‑age meditation that resonates long after the final page.
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (592K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2021-11-12
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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