
audiobook
Produced by Tapio Riikonen
KITTYN PÄIVÄKIRJA
ELIZABETH CHARLES
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A young girl on the brink of her sixteenth birthday receives a simple, leather‑bound notebook from her mother—a space to record the everyday tremors of life in an English countryside estate in 1745. Through her candid entries she sketches the rhythm of household duties, the uneasy temperaments of her brothers, and the quiet refuge she finds in a modest room filled with a Bible, hymnals, and her mother’s own diary. As she learns to read the moral and spiritual tracts that line the shelves, the diary becomes both a mirror of personal longing and a tentative map of the religious currents swirling through England at the time.
The narrative gently unfolds the tension between the family's modest means and their aspirations, highlighting moments when the girl assists with milking or observes the shifting moods of her parents. Interwoven with observations of the countryside, sunrise, and the chorus of birds, her reflections hint at a deeper quest for purpose amid the emerging evangelical movements. Listeners are invited to linger in the intimate cadence of a young mind poised between tradition and the stirrings of a new spiritual awakening.
Full title
Kittyn päiväkirja Kuvauksia hengellisistä liikkeistä Englannissa viime vuosisadan keski-ajoilla Kuvauksia hengellisistä liikkeistä Englannissa viime vuosisadan keski-ajoilla
Language
fi
Duration
~12 hours (700K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2008-01-07
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1828–1896
Best known for bringing church history and the Reformation to life in vivid, accessible stories, this English writer also published poetry, hymns, and devotional works. Her books often blend historical detail with warm moral purpose, which helped make them popular with Victorian readers.
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