Project Gutenberg 2009-06-20 Public domain in the USA. 208 Quiller-Couch, Mabel 1865 1924 The Carroll Girls Produced by Lionel Sear "The Carroll Girls" by Mabel Quiller-Couch is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the four Carroll sisters — Esther, Penelope, Angela, and Poppy — as they navigate the challenges of their family life, including the neglect of their home and their mother’s inability to provide for them. Their lives are transformed when they are sent to live with their cousin Charlotte in Devonshire, where they will seek to adjust to a new environment and build a brighter future. The opening portion of the novel introduces us to the characters and their struggles. Penelope, the second eldest, is described as a dreamy child who enjoys the neglected beauty of their garden, while Esther, the eldest, is more practical and frustrated by their family's poverty. The narrative reveals the children's gradual descent into hardship, including the absence of their father and their mother's emotional detachment. As they prepare to leave their old home for their new life with Cousin Charlotte, the sisters experience a plethora of emotions—excitement for change mingled with sadness for leaving behind their familiar surroundings and the weight of uncertainty in their future. This opening sets a poignant tone for the challenges and adventures that lie ahead for the four sisters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Sisters -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: British Literature 417325 2025-06-12T07:12:38.082112 text/html 408307 2009-06-20T10:30:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 147859 2009-06-20T10:30:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 219561 2025-06-12T07:12:45.533053 application/epub+zip 227224 2025-06-12T07:12:40.187106 application/epub+zip 227224 2025-06-12T07:12:38.856057 application/epub+zip 384979 2025-06-12T07:12:49.573103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365954 2025-06-12T07:12:44.730131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343066 2022-09-13T13:53:47.319423 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391450 2025-06-12T07:12:37.005062 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 391296 2009-06-20T10:30:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 144909 2009-06-20T10:30:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18845 2025-06-12T07:12:49.717029 application/rdf+xml 11796 2025-06-12T07:12:39.474057 image/jpeg 3202 2025-06-12T07:12:39.184082 image/jpeg 213379 2025-06-12T07:12:38.121099 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