Project Gutenberg 2010-04-02 Public domain in the USA. 393 Cummins, Maria S. (Maria Susanna) 1827 1866 Cummins, Maria Susanna Cumming, Maria Susanna The Lamplighter Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lamplighter Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Lamplighter" by Maria S. Cummins is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story centers around a young girl named Gerty, who is an orphan living in an unkind home with a woman named Nan Grant. The book explores Gerty's hardships and her longing for affection, as well as her interactions with a lamplighter named Trueman Flint, who becomes a protector and friend." "The opening of the novel introduces Gerty, a neglected and unloved eight-year-old girl, who watches the lamplighter in her impoverished neighborhood. She experiences abuse from Nan Grant and feels isolated from the world around her. One evening, while watching the lamplighter, she spills a jug of milk and is punished. Afterward, she encounters Trueman Flint, who shows her kindness by gifting her a kitten. The narrative sets a somber tone as it contrasts Gerty's bleak reality with her small moments of hope and care, establishing the themes of neglect, friendship, and the yearning for love." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Orphans -- Fiction Christian life -- Fiction Courtship -- Fiction Child abuse -- Fiction Success -- Fiction Poverty -- Fiction Kindness -- Fiction Blind children -- Fiction Social status -- Fiction Diligence -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 900347 2025-08-13T06:39:21.099562 text/html 905632 2021-01-06T10:37:23 text/html 406277 2025-08-13T06:39:31.654562 application/epub+zip 419216 2025-08-13T06:39:23.405579 application/epub+zip 419215 2025-08-13T06:39:22.040574 application/epub+zip 735951 2025-08-13T06:39:38.540486 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 689223 2025-08-13T06:39:30.727594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 663509 2022-09-14T15:15:37.390917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 868762 2025-08-13T06:39:19.293643 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 868624 2021-01-06T10:37:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 868616 2021-01-06T10:37:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22383 2025-08-13T06:39:38.857475 application/rdf+xml 13246 2025-08-13T06:39:22.575580 image/jpeg 3524 2025-08-13T06:39:22.300592 image/jpeg 327365 2021-01-06T10:37:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 333023 2021-01-06T10:37:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 327316 2021-01-06T10:37:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 395402 2025-08-13T06:39:21.173619 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