Project Gutenberg 2005-08-08 Public domain in the USA. 440 Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe 1850 1943 Richards, Laura E. Queen Hildegarde Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Queen Hildegarde" by Laura E. Richards is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around a young girl named Hilda Graham, who is faced with the prospect of spending her summer away from her privileged city life and instead living with a rural family on a farm. The initial challenges she faces reflect her struggles with identity, newfound responsibilities, and the emotional turmoil of leaving her familiar surroundings. At the start of the book, we meet Hilda's concerned parents discussing her lack of health and joy, ultimately deciding that she should be sent to stay with Mrs. Hartley, an old nurse, to improve her well-being away from the city. Hilda is initially upset and resistive, believing her parents are being cruel by leaving her behind. However, as she arrives at Hartley's Glen and becomes acquainted with her new environment, she experiences a journey of self-discovery. Hilda begins to forge new relationships, most notably with a local boy named Bubble Chirk, and gradually learns to appreciate the simpler life of the countryside. This opening sets the stage for her transformation from a discontented city girl to a more grounded and compassionate individual. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Young women -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Farm life -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 323169 2025-08-07T07:15:56.695184 text/html 325712 2020-12-12T08:44:07 text/html 1862039 2025-08-07T07:16:02.074200 application/epub+zip 1863949 2025-08-07T07:15:57.676218 application/epub+zip 174644 2025-08-07T07:15:56.984186 application/epub+zip 1787948 2025-08-07T07:16:05.340206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1752264 2025-08-07T07:16:01.345152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255810 2022-09-08T05:40:33.686308 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289790 2025-08-07T07:15:56.160213 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 289586 2020-12-12T08:44:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 289579 2020-12-12T08:44:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20870 2025-08-07T07:16:05.473128 application/rdf+xml 24258 2025-08-07T07:15:57.061188 image/jpeg 4140 2025-08-07T07:15:57.022186 image/jpeg 115779 2020-12-12T08:44:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 1756069 2020-12-12T08:44:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 115736 2020-12-12T08:44:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 1764818 2025-08-07T07:15:56.754170 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