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The Lamplighter

Name: The Lamplighter
Author: Maria S. (Maria Susanna) Cummins

by Maria S. (Maria Susanna) Cummins

EN·~14 hours

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Description

In a bleak November evening, a lonely eight‑year‑old girl named Gerty ekes out a fragile existence in a cramped, uncaring household. Clad in threadbare clothes

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Duration

~14 hours (826K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2010-04-02

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Orphans -- Fiction Christian life -- Fiction Courtship -- Fiction Child abuse -- Fiction Success -- Fiction Poverty -- Fiction Kindness -- Fiction Blind children -- Fiction Social status -- Fiction Diligence -- Fiction

About the author

Maria S. (Maria Susanna) Cummins

1827–1866

Best known for the hugely popular 1854 novel The Lamplighter, this 19th-century American writer turned scenes of everyday life into stories that reached a massive audience. Her work mixed sentiment, moral struggle, and close attention to ordinary people.

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