Project Gutenberg 2010-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 187 Barrett, Katharine Ellis 1879 1961 Ellis, Katharine Ruth Barrett, Katharine Ruth Ellis Gallagher, Sears 1869 1955 The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.fadedpage.com) "The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted" by Katharine Ruth Ellis is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Catherine Smith, a young girl returning home from college for the summer, who is driven by a desire to contribute to her community in Winsted. The novel explores themes of friendship, ambition, and the importance of education as Catherine, motivated by her experiences and friendships, embarks on a mission to establish a library in her town with the help of her peers. At the start of the narrative, Catherine is introduced as a passionate and earnest character, eager to express her thoughts and feelings through writing, particularly a song for her college. While struggling with her inspiration, she interacts with a range of characters, including the ever-talking Algernon Swinburne and his mischievous younger brother, Elsmere. As the story unfolds, Catherine’s recollections of friendships from college lead her to the idea of bringing her friends together for the purpose of creating a library, setting the stage for a community-centered journey filled with cooperation and adventure. The opening not only establishes Catherine’s motivations but also hints at the coming themes of collaboration and self-discovery as she navigates her relationships and aspirations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Vacations -- Juvenile fiction College students -- Juvenile fiction Young women -- Juvenile fiction Public libraries -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 438872 2025-07-13T03:30:07.798009 text/html 460755 2010-02-01T14:40:24 text/html 583926 2025-07-13T03:30:18.305956 application/epub+zip 591430 2025-07-13T03:30:11.537062 application/epub+zip 228747 2025-07-13T03:30:10.099020 application/epub+zip 841653 2025-07-13T03:30:22.752959 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 835936 2025-07-13T03:30:17.361941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460997 2022-09-14T10:44:51.269014 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387023 2025-07-13T03:30:06.657052 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 386775 2010-02-01T14:35:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 386797 2010-02-01T14:35:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22754 2025-07-13T03:30:22.906911 application/rdf+xml 17027 2025-07-13T03:30:10.617134 image/jpeg 4130 2025-07-13T03:30:10.355992 image/jpeg 152185 2010-02-01T14:35:13 application/octet-stream application/zip 493913 2010-02-01T14:43:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 152163 2010-02-01T14:35:13 application/octet-stream application/zip 572179 2025-07-13T03:30:07.846028 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