Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 140 Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 Townesend, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett Hodgson, Frances Eliza Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories Little Saint Elizabeth -- The story of Prince Fairyfoot -- The proud little grain of wheat -- Behind the white brick. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a collection of stories written in the late 19th century. The notable tale within this collection follows the character of Little Saint Elizabeth, a delicate and religious girl raised by her austere Aunt Clotilde in a secluded French château. After her aunt’s death, Elizabeth finds herself transitioning to life in bustling New York, grappling with the challenges of wealth, loneliness, and her desire to help the less fortunate. At the start of "Little Saint Elizabeth," we are introduced to Elizabeth, an eleven-year-old girl who is perceived as a kind of princess by the neighborhood children, despite her evident sadness and genteel upbringing. Following her aunt's sudden death, Elizabeth moves to New York to live with her Uncle Bertrand, a man more interested in a life of pleasure than her austere values. Torn between her deep-seated compassion for the poor and the vibrancy and excess of her new surroundings, Elizabeth struggles to reconcile her desire for charity with the disheartening reality of her circumstances. The opening unfolds her tender nature and sets a poignant tone, reflecting themes of innocence, social disparity, and the quest for personal significance amidst societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 89.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Literature Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: British Literature 193804 2025-07-05T03:41:50.393610 text/html 193810 193663 2024-11-05T04:59:38.053077 2023-10-05T05:50:46.865418 text/html text/html 149374 2025-07-05T03:41:56.508606 application/epub+zip 149718 2025-07-05T03:41:53.352618 application/epub+zip 127018 2025-07-05T03:41:52.251621 application/epub+zip 298259 2025-07-05T03:41:58.800580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282930 2025-07-05T03:41:55.814618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254784 2022-09-05T08:10:08.972531 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170059 2025-07-05T03:41:50.114649 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150153 2024-10-28T17:50:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17868 2025-07-05T03:41:58.926582 application/rdf+xml 15049 2025-07-05T03:41:52.741601 image/jpeg 3509 2025-07-05T03:41:52.496603 image/jpeg 147412 2025-07-05T03:41:50.409611 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia