Project Gutenberg 2011-05-14 Public domain in the USA. 233 Perry, Nora 1831 1896 Merrill, Frank T. 1848 1923 Merrill, F. T. Merrill, Frank Thayer Hope Benham: A Story for Girls Produced by Heather Clark, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Hope Benham: A Story for Girls" by Nora Perry is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Hope Benham, a determined young girl who sells flowers to earn money for a violin she longs to own. Exploring themes of class distinction and personal ambition, the narrative also delves into the complexities of Hope's character as she navigates her relationships with both her loving family and the social expectations around her. At the start of the book, readers meet Hope as she successfully sells arbutus flowers at the Brookside station, revealing her entrepreneurial spirit and her dreams of music. Hope's joy in her sales is soon contrasted with the disdainful attitude she encounters from well-off peers like Dolly Dering, who struggles to understand Hope's choices. This initial interaction exposes the class divide and sets the stage for Hope's journey, highlighting her resilience and her desire to be seen as more than her economic circumstances. The chapter establishes a narrative rich with character dynamics and social commentary within the context of a coming-of-age story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36105/36105-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Poor -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Students -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Violinists -- Juvenile fiction Musicians -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 410692 2025-06-14T17:05:12.310870 text/html 413592 2011-05-14T14:52:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1213948 2011-05-14T14:52:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1122028 2025-06-14T17:05:18.274958 application/epub+zip 1127294 2025-06-14T17:05:13.281774 application/epub+zip 216450 2025-06-14T17:05:12.791767 application/epub+zip 1267038 2025-06-14T17:05:22.367901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1233014 2025-06-14T17:05:17.705888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323403 2022-09-16T13:31:12.752440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387222 2025-06-14T17:05:11.557783 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 387005 2011-05-14T14:52:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 144011 2011-05-14T14:52:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 387005 2011-05-14T14:52:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 143962 2011-05-14T14:52:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22995 2025-06-14T17:05:22.548728 application/rdf+xml 29935 2025-06-14T17:05:12.891751 image/jpeg 4103 2025-06-14T17:05:12.841764 image/jpeg 1219501 2025-06-14T17:05:12.388797 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 en.wikipedia