Project Gutenberg 2006-12-09 Public domain in the USA. 174 Baldwin, May Sarah's School Friend E-text prepared by Louise Pryor, Chris Curnow, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Sarah's School Friend" by May Baldwin is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Sarah Clay, a young girl from a wealthy manufacturing family, as she navigates her complex relationships with her parents and society. The book explores themes of class, identity, and the struggles between personal desires and family expectations. At the start of the novel, Sarah is in her lavish home, grappling with her feelings about her father, a self-made millionaire. The opening scenes depict a tense family dynamic, particularly her disdain for her father's coarse manners and her mother's attempts to fit into a higher social class. Sarah's reflective nature leads her to question the authenticity of her family's wealth and her place in society. The interaction between her and her brother George reveals underlying tensions about their identities and ambitions, setting the stage for Sarah's impending growth as she anticipates the visit of her school friend, Horatia Cunningham, a girl from a noble lineage. The backdrop of their industrial town paints a vivid picture of the contrasts between wealth and the lives of the mill-workers that surround them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Social classes -- England -- Juvenile fiction Family -- England -- Juvenile fiction Young women -- England -- Juvenile fiction Industrialists -- Juvenile fiction Strikes and lockouts -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 485283 2025-08-08T11:45:15.611143 text/html 491145 2006-12-09T14:15:32 text/html 2495122 2025-08-08T11:45:22.637121 application/epub+zip 2497748 2025-08-08T11:45:16.673115 application/epub+zip 224987 2025-08-08T11:45:16.110127 application/epub+zip 2637237 2025-08-08T11:45:26.934058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2600019 2025-08-08T11:45:21.746115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333911 2022-09-09T12:35:45.181522 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437389 2025-08-08T11:45:14.443118 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 437143 2021-01-01T15:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 437150 2021-01-01T15:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20852 2025-08-08T11:45:27.080051 application/rdf+xml 24994 2025-08-08T11:45:16.194102 image/jpeg 4139 2025-08-08T11:45:16.152116 image/jpeg 161141 2021-01-01T15:43:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 2458967 2021-01-01T15:43:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 161134 2021-01-01T15:43:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 2458480 2025-08-08T11:45:15.691148 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