Project Gutenberg 2010-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 225 Quiller-Couch, Mabel 1865 1924 Better than Play Produced by Lionel Sear "Better than Play" by Mabel Quiller-Couch is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Bella Hender, a young girl living in a cottage with her siblings and an unkind aunt, Aunt Emma. The narrative explores themes of family dynamics, domestic struggles, and the search for happiness through small acts of kindness and responsibility. At the start of the novel, the Hender household is depicted as a place filled with tension and discontent, particularly on washing days when the children feel stifled and Aunt Emma's temper flares. The chapter introduces Bella, who is burdened by the demands of her aunt and longs for happier times when her mother was alive. As she navigates her aunt's harsh treatment and the chaos of the household, Bella's love for her siblings shines through, prompting her to make sacrifices for their well-being. The chapter sets the tone for Bella's journey of finding purpose and joy in caring for her family, foreshadowing her determination to improve their home life despite the adversity they face. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christian life -- Fiction Motherless families -- Fiction Conduct of life -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: British Literature 256942 2025-06-13T06:56:03.903196 text/html 249394 2010-04-01T09:38:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 130227 2010-04-01T09:38:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 202360 2025-06-13T06:56:10.134141 application/epub+zip 205966 2025-06-13T06:56:05.876186 application/epub+zip 164404 2025-06-13T06:56:04.631149 application/epub+zip 332155 2025-06-13T06:56:13.181119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317813 2025-06-13T06:56:09.366170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252716 2022-09-14T15:05:53.743131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237166 2025-06-13T06:56:03.050169 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 237094 2010-04-01T09:38:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 87301 2010-04-01T09:38:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18838 2025-06-13T06:56:13.325105 application/rdf+xml 12006 2025-06-13T06:56:05.195172 image/jpeg 3214 2025-06-13T06:56:04.914168 image/jpeg 197294 2025-06-13T06:56:03.930178 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