
THEO. - A SPRIGHTLY LOVE STORY. - BY MRS. FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT - AUTHOR OF "KATHLEEN," "PRETTY POLLY PEMBERTON," "LINDSAY'S LUCK," "IN CONNECTION WITH THE DE WILLOUGHBY CLAIM," "THE MAKING OF A MARCHIONESS," "THE METHODS OF LADY WALDERHURST," ETC. - NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS - COPYRIGHT, 1877 By T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS.
MRS. BURNETT'S NOVELETTES.
"THEO."
CHAPTER I. - PREPARING FOR A JOURNEY.
CHAPTER II. - THE ARRIVAL.
CHAPTER III. - THE MEETING.
CHAPTER IV. - THEO'S DIARY.
CHAPTER V. - THE SEPARATION.
CHAPTER VI. - THEO GOES TO PARIS.
CHAPTER VII. - "PARTING IS SWEET SORROW."
In this bright, breezy romance, we meet Theo, a spirited young woman perched on the window sill of a modest seaside home. With the fog rolling over the tide and a sleepy household humming in the background, she wrestles with a restless yearning for something beyond the familiar rhythms of family life. Her sister Pamela pushes her toward practical chores, while Theo’s imagination roams toward the daring lives she reads about in novels, hinting at the adventure that calls her name.
The opening chapters capture the charm of a seaside town, the clamor of boys digging sand‑caves, and Theo’s lingering doubt that ordinary existence might hide a deeper purpose. As she confronts the quiet of her home and the pull of distant horizons, the story promises a lively journey filled with humor, heart, and the hopeful promise of love that blossoms when one finally steps beyond the safe shore.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (194K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Garcia, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2009-02-04
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1849–1924
Best known for The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, this British-born American writer turned childhood resilience, loneliness, and imagination into stories that have stayed loved for generations.
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