Project Gutenberg 2007-10-09 Public domain in the USA. 282 Whitman, Stephen French 22004241 Sacrifice E-text prepared by Al Haines "Sacrifice" by Stephen French Whitman is a novel written in the early 20th century." The story revolves around Lilla Delliver, an orphaned girl navigating the complexities of her upbringing and her emotional inheritance from her neurotic parents. As Lilla matures, she grapples with her sensitive nature, her pursuit of beauty and art, and the profound questions of love, tragedy, and identity that echo through her life experiences. "The opening of the novel introduces Lilla as the product of her parents' tumultuous and privileged lives, marked by their emotional woes and social status." Following the death of her parents in a railway accident, Lilla is taken in by her Aunt Althea, who attempts to shape her aristocratic upbringing with sophistication and cultural exposure. As Lilla grows, she becomes increasingly aware of her fragility and the weight of expectations placed upon her, particularly relating to her beauty and connections with men. The narrative cleverly unfolds the contradictions of Lilla's desires and her surroundings, hinting at a foreboding sense of destiny as she encounters various suitors whose affections intertwine with her complex emotions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 459507 2025-06-09T14:29:30.397311 text/html 443109 2007-10-09T09:42:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 204598 2021-01-03T02:46:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 281732 2025-06-09T14:29:39.770246 application/epub+zip 291058 2025-06-09T14:29:33.125283 application/epub+zip 250845 2025-06-09T14:29:31.544301 application/epub+zip 481123 2025-06-09T14:29:44.597246 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460437 2025-06-09T14:29:38.639288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386774 2022-09-10T15:59:17.096456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404567 2025-06-09T14:29:28.987327 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 404364 2021-01-03T02:46:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 160283 2021-01-03T02:46:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 404372 2021-01-03T02:46:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 160244 2021-01-03T02:46:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19579 2025-06-09T14:29:44.750239 application/rdf+xml 13369 2025-06-09T14:29:32.138292 image/jpeg 3489 2025-06-09T14:29:31.831293 image/jpeg 271473 2025-06-09T14:29:30.441293 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