Olive Leaves; Or, Sketches of Character

by L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney

EN·~6 hours·54 chapters

Chapters

54 total

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

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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

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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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Duration

~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

Jun 23, 2011

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

Remembered as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford," she was one of the first American women to build a major literary career, publishing dozens of books and writing for hundreds of periodicals. Her poems and prose brought domestic life, religion, grief, history, and moral reflection to a wide 19th-century audience.

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