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L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney
Olive Leaves; Or, Sketches of Character

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Olive Leaves; Or, Sketches of Character

by L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney

EN·~6 hours·54 chapters

Chapters

54 total

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

0:20

Olive Leaves

0:03

OLIVE LEAVES.

0:01

SKETCHES OF CHARACTER.

0:09

PREFACE.

1:01

OLIVE LEAVES.

0:00

The Lost and Found.

15:50

Childhood's Piety.

0:35

Frank Ludlow.

27:59

Victory.

1:12

Description

A gentle collection of moral sketches, this volume offers tender reflections on character and conscience. The opening preface likens the olive leaf to a timeless emblem of peace, inviting young readers to nurture virtues as they would a budding flower. Each vignette unfolds with simple, earnest storytelling

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~6 hours (351K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Júlio Reis and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2011-06-23

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36501

Subjects

Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Children's poetry Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories PZ

About the author

L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney

1791–1865

A bestselling 19th-century American poet once known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford," she built a remarkable literary career at a time when few women could live by their writing. Her poems and prose reached a wide popular audience and helped make her one of the best-known women authors of her era.

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