Project Gutenberg 2005-04-26 Public domain in the USA. 208 Gates, Eleanor 1875 1951 The Poor Little Rich Girl Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sigal Alon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Poor Little Rich Girl" by Eleanor Gates is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Gwendolyn, a wealthy little girl who grapples with feelings of disappointment and longing as she experiences the complexities of her life surrounded by affluence yet lacking genuine happiness and freedom. The narrative explores her emotional struggles in a world filled with lavishness and the expectations that come with being a rich child. At the start of the novel, Gwendolyn, on the day of her seventh birthday, checks her height against a mark made on a mirror, only to find that she has not grown as she had hoped. This triggers a cascade of emotions leading to disappointment and grief. As she navigates the nursery, her feelings of being overlooked and undervalued surface, especially in the presence of her governess and nursemaid. The opening establishes her yearning for autonomy and emotional connection against the backdrop of her wealthy upbringing, highlighting her isolation in a world that is seemingly perfect yet emotionally unfulfilling. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fantasy literature New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction Children of the rich -- Juvenile fiction Upper class families -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 392264 2025-08-07T04:01:15.809041 text/html 405195 2020-12-14T10:59:19 text/html 532666 2025-08-07T04:01:23.337967 application/epub+zip 538208 2025-08-07T04:01:18.023970 application/epub+zip 216132 2025-08-07T04:01:16.593008 application/epub+zip 721193 2025-08-07T04:01:27.244985 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 690822 2025-08-07T04:01:22.524015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330568 2022-09-07T23:19:39.468451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348202 2025-08-07T04:01:14.705014 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 347997 2020-12-14T10:59:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19095 2025-08-07T04:01:27.374935 application/rdf+xml 11690 2025-08-07T04:01:17.295989 image/jpeg 3518 2025-08-07T04:01:17.042977 image/jpeg 456435 2020-12-14T10:59:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 135600 2020-12-14T10:59:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 516133 2025-08-07T04:01:15.852006 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