Project Gutenberg 2011-07-08 Public domain in the USA. 235 Aguilar, Grace 1816 1847 Home Influence: A Tale for Mothers and Daughters Produced by Brownfox, Chad Vance, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Home Influence: A Tale for Mothers and Daughters" by Grace Aguilar is a domestic novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative explores themes of maternal responsibility, the moral implications of upbringing, and the differences in character development among children. The story prominently features the relationship between two families—the Fortescues and the Hamiltons—focusing particularly on the contrasting lives of the siblings Edward and Ellen Fortescue, who navigate the complexities of love, loss, and the influence of their mother during her terminal illness. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to the tranquil Welsh village of Llangwillan, where the widow Mrs. Fortescue is gravely ill, prompting her sister, Mrs. Hamilton, to come to her side. The scene is set with Mrs. Fortescue's son, Edward, launching a toy ship, symbolizing the innocence and joy of childhood amidst impending sorrow. Mrs. Fortescue's fraught emotions concerning her son's future and her relationship with her daughter, Ellen, unfold, revealing her fears that Ellen's reserved nature will prevent her from adequately caring for Edward after she is gone. The opening chapters lay the groundwork for a deep exploration of familial love and the consequences of a mother’s influence on her children’s character and destiny as she faces her mortality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Domestic fiction Mothers and daughters -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: British Literature Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 1044984 2025-06-15T04:47:58.822672 text/html 1049864 2011-07-08T12:08:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 384744 2011-07-08T12:08:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 478451 2025-06-15T04:48:12.343642 application/epub+zip 495909 2025-06-15T04:48:03.170671 application/epub+zip 468640 2025-06-15T04:48:01.540661 application/epub+zip 862521 2025-06-15T04:48:20.210578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 818929 2025-06-15T04:48:11.211621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 729651 2022-09-16T16:44:34.686724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1019805 2025-06-15T04:47:57.575682 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1019623 2011-07-08T12:08:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 378928 2011-07-08T12:08:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1019615 2011-07-08T12:08:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 378889 2011-07-08T12:08:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20880 2025-06-15T04:48:20.452597 application/rdf+xml 16280 2025-06-15T04:48:02.124672 image/jpeg 3635 2025-06-15T04:48:01.831660 image/jpeg 467809 2025-06-15T04:47:58.917672 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