Project Gutenberg 2006-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 179 Dyer, Gertrude P. Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Little Pollie" by Gertrude P. Dyer is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story centers around a young flower seller named Pollie, a ten-year-old girl who begins her first day of selling violets to support her ailing mother in London. As she navigates the bustling streets and the challenges of her environment, the narrative explores themes of kindness, morality, and the struggles faced by the impoverished. At the start of the novel, Pollie's innocence shines as she tries to sell her violets outside the Bank of England, but she struggles to attract customers. She encounters various characters, including a more brazen girl named Sally, who offers her some unsolicited advice. Despite her melancholy circumstances, such as the loss of her father and her mother's illness, Pollie displays a strong moral compass, returning a mistakenly received shilling to a lady who purchases her flowers. The opening chapters establish Pollie's tender nature and deep sense of right and wrong, laying the groundwork for her journey through adversity while fostering connections with those around her, such as her ill mother and other vulnerable characters in her community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Kindness -- Juvenile fiction Temperance -- Juvenile fiction Children of alcoholics -- Juvenile fiction Child labor -- Juvenile fiction Poor -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: British Literature 143624 2025-08-08T11:47:55.567841 text/html 141747 2006-12-10T08:41:56 text/html 565049 2025-08-08T11:48:00.624812 application/epub+zip 565455 2025-08-08T11:47:57.375847 application/epub+zip 114774 2025-08-08T11:47:56.264840 application/epub+zip 663781 2025-08-08T11:48:03.065832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643077 2025-08-08T11:47:59.893857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171272 2022-09-09T12:39:16.293234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122924 2025-08-08T11:47:55.057837 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 122863 2006-12-10T08:41:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19921 2025-08-08T11:48:03.211804 application/rdf+xml 10513 2025-08-08T11:47:56.762842 image/jpeg 2923 2025-08-08T11:47:56.506830 image/jpeg 507926 2006-12-10T08:41:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 47663 2006-12-10T08:41:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 571887 2025-08-08T11:47:55.587855 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