Project Gutenberg 2011-09-03 Public domain in the USA. 274 Prindle, Frances Carruth 1867 Carruth, Frances Weston Those Dale Girls Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Those Dale Girls" by Frances Weston Carruth is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the lives of two sisters, Julie and Hester Dale, who navigate the challenges of independence and family duty after a sudden financial ruin leaves them responsible for caring for their ill father. Their spirited determination and dynamic personalities are central to the narrative as they tackle societal expectations and personal aspirations in a changing world. The opening of the novel introduces the sisters in a moment of domestic life, combining playful banter with deeper anxieties about their father's health and their family's precarious situation. Julie expresses concern about their father's health, noting a change in his demeanor since moving to Radnor, while Hester attempts to maintain a light-hearted atmosphere despite the tension. Their playful exchanges are abruptly interrupted when Bridget, their housekeeper, delivers the alarming news of their father's illness, drastically shifting the sisters' focus to the harsh realities they must face together. As they grapple with their father's sudden illness and the implications of their financial downfall, readers are drawn into a poignant tale of resilience, sisterhood, and personal growth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Love stories Young women -- Juvenile fiction Sisters -- Juvenile fiction Businesswomen -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 453564 2025-06-15T08:42:17.060848 text/html 449387 2011-09-03T15:29:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 726843 2011-09-03T15:30:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 785680 2025-06-15T08:42:25.740797 application/epub+zip 789138 2025-06-15T08:42:19.534865 application/epub+zip 250717 2025-06-15T08:42:18.029858 application/epub+zip 977105 2025-06-15T08:42:30.404766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 935131 2025-06-15T08:42:24.734829 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371934 2022-09-17T06:51:47.440119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406674 2025-06-15T08:42:15.975843 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 406519 2011-09-03T15:28:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 154755 2011-09-03T15:30:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 396266 2011-09-03T15:29:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 153375 2011-09-03T15:30:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 396258 2011-09-03T15:29:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153324 2011-09-03T15:30:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22569 2025-06-15T08:42:30.556760 application/rdf+xml 12713 2025-06-15T08:42:18.610834 image/jpeg 3299 2025-06-15T08:42:18.320816 image/jpeg 810308 2025-06-15T08:42:17.122834 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