Project Gutenberg 2008-10-07 Public domain in the USA. 140 Warner, Susan 1819 1885 Wetherell, Elizabeth Warner, Susan Bogert A Red Wallflower Produced by Daniel Fromont "A Red Wallflower" by Susan Warner is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Colonel Gainsborough, a retired army officer who relocates to a small Connecticut village with his wife and young daughter, Esther. Following Mrs. Gainsborough's death, the narrative focuses on Esther's relationship with her father and the budding friendship with a young man named Pitt Dallas, as they navigate themes of grief, education, and the search for companionship. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the Gainsborough family, grappling with the loss of the mother figure, which has left both Colonel Gainsborough and Esther in a state of mourning and isolation. The opening chapters depict their quiet lives in New England, where Colonel Gainsborough's aloofness and increasing sadness deeply affect his daughter, who yearns for connection and understanding. A chance friendship with Pitt Dallas revitalizes Esther's spirits, bringing her a sense of purpose as he becomes her tutor and confidant, but the shadows of grief and the complexity of their lives loom large as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 970625 2025-08-11T06:43:19.254567 text/html 970446 2025-01-11T10:09:42.787791 text/html 420645 2025-08-11T06:43:32.018491 application/epub+zip 435733 2025-08-11T06:43:22.404589 application/epub+zip 421137 2025-08-11T06:43:21.078548 application/epub+zip 768776 2025-08-11T06:43:39.369516 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 697483 2025-08-11T06:43:31.042515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 672915 2022-09-12T11:31:37.526866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 861851 2025-08-11T06:43:18.508590 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 861731 2021-01-04T05:41:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 861723 2021-01-04T05:41:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18811 2025-08-11T06:43:39.503461 application/rdf+xml 13359 2025-08-11T06:43:21.581552 image/jpeg 3511 2025-08-11T06:43:21.330564 image/jpeg 320644 2021-01-04T05:41:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 320609 2021-01-04T05:41:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 414015 2025-08-11T06:43:19.325564 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