Project Gutenberg 2005-02-05 Public domain in the USA. 85 Sea, Sophie Fox "That Old-Time Child, Roberta": Her Home-Life on the Farm E-text prepared by David Garcia, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from page images generously made available by the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) "That Old-Time Child, Roberta: Her Home-Life on the Farm" by Sophie Fox Sea is a children's story written in the late 19th century, which captures the life of a young girl named Roberta Marsden on a Kentucky farm before the Civil War. The narrative focuses on Roberta's loveable nature, her unique relationships with family members and the household staff, including the African American community residing on the farm. It explores themes of compassion, caring for others, and the joys of rural life through the innocence of childhood. The opening of the story paints a vivid picture of Roberta's idyllic childhood, characterized by her kindness and a strong sense of empathy for both people and animals. As a child, she is affectionately nicknamed "Lil Missus" by the workers on the farm due to her nurturing demeanor. Despite the troubles surrounding her family, including her mother's sadness and the absence of her father, Roberta finds joy in her daily interactions, including making a positive impact on those around her, helping sick children, and tending to animals. Descriptions of the farm's landscape and Roberta's imaginative experiences enrich the opening section, inviting readers into a world of love, beauty, and the simplicity of country life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Girls -- Juvenile fiction Country life -- Juvenile fiction United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction Plantation life -- Juvenile fiction Kentucky -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 141488 2025-07-06T11:35:14.017660 text/html 143555 2020-12-19T08:47:55 text/html 641790 2025-07-06T11:35:20.644640 application/epub+zip 641718 2025-07-06T11:35:17.288653 application/epub+zip 120913 2025-07-06T11:35:16.009661 application/epub+zip 817184 2025-07-06T11:35:22.944696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 810488 2025-07-06T11:35:19.749683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216538 2022-09-07T18:52:56.035934 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126800 2025-07-06T11:35:13.585696 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 126319 2020-12-19T08:47:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20214 2025-07-06T11:35:23.073658 application/rdf+xml 20497 2025-07-06T11:35:16.546643 image/jpeg 4463 2025-07-06T11:35:16.260672 image/jpeg 543060 2020-12-19T08:47:55 application/octet-stream application/zip 50179 2020-12-19T08:47:55 application/octet-stream application/zip 629533 2025-07-06T11:35:14.043652 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