Project Gutenberg 2004-08-20 Public domain in the USA. 102 Pansy 1841 1930 Alden, Isabella Macdonald Alden, Mrs. G. R. (Isabella) Alden, Isabella M. Ester Ried Produced by Joel Erickson, Lisa Zeug and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Ester Ried" by Pansy is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Ester Ried, a diligent and weary young woman who manages a busy household while grappling with feelings of frustration and longing for freedom from her mundane daily life. As she cares for her family and their boarders, the narrative explores themes of faith, duty, and the quest for identity. At the start of the story, Ester is introduced in her kitchen, overwhelmed with tasks just before a dinner service for fifteen. The reader sees her relationship with her lively younger sister, Sadie, and how Ester often carries the weight of household responsibilities while nurturing feelings of envy toward their seemingly carefree lives. As Ester reflects on her life, she expresses a yearning for change, believing that a shift in her circumstances might alleviate her dissatisfaction. This opening chapter sets the groundwork for Ester's internal struggles and hints at the transformations that may await her as the plot unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Poverty -- Juvenile fiction Charity -- Juvenile fiction Youth and death -- Juvenile fiction Sunday school teachers -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 467153 2025-06-21T20:49:32.679676 text/html 467067 466965 2024-11-06T06:59:27.560283 2023-10-06T08:23:34.387853 text/html text/html 233497 2025-06-21T20:49:50.796572 application/epub+zip 239489 2025-06-21T20:49:40.901599 application/epub+zip 239489 2025-06-21T20:49:35.335694 application/epub+zip 393874 2025-06-21T20:49:59.709558 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357698 2025-06-21T20:49:50.028596 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335550 2022-09-07T01:03:33.187995 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425150 2025-06-21T20:49:32.026654 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 405428 2024-10-28T20:11:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12762 2025-06-21T20:49:59.859491 application/rdf+xml 8184 2025-06-21T20:49:40.230599 image/jpeg 2309 2025-06-21T20:49:39.942591 image/jpeg 227805 2025-06-21T20:49:32.721674 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