Project Gutenberg 2012-12-04 Public domain in the USA. 290 Hunt, Violet 1862 1942 Hunt, Isobel Violet The Celebrity at Home Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Celebrity at Home" by Violet Hunt is a fictional narrative written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the unconventional life of the Taylor family, exploring their domestic dynamics and the humorous, sometimes painful, truths about fame, family, and childhood. The narrative perspective is particularly engaging as it is told through the eyes of a young girl named Tempe, who aspires to document her life with the honest and refreshing candor of a budding author. The opening of the book introduces us to Tempe, a sharp-witted child who feels her childhood is not nearly as blissful as it ought to be. Through her reflections, we gain insight into her family: her father, George, is an author with a complicated relationship with his wife and children, while her sister, Ariadne, embodies a more traditional, genteel femininity. Tempe portrays her dissatisfaction with the constraints imposed by adulthood, her observations of her family’s social standing, and her aspirations for a freer, more expressive life. As she begins to document her thoughts with aspirations of becoming a writer, Tempe’s unique voice sets a tone filled with both levity and sincerity, inviting readers to explore the complexities of the Edwardian family life alongside her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41556/41556-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Girls -- Conduct of life -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 501885 2025-06-16T18:50:46.562353 text/html 487590 2024-10-23T12:42:44 text/html 423862 2025-06-16T18:50:53.268302 application/epub+zip 429806 2025-06-16T18:50:47.538401 application/epub+zip 258225 2025-06-16T18:50:47.051402 application/epub+zip 585674 2025-06-16T18:50:58.101291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 549719 2025-06-16T18:50:52.802338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379046 2022-09-19T04:38:37.165869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461058 2025-06-16T18:50:45.417390 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 460888 2024-11-27T21:09:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16632 2025-06-16T18:50:58.254279 application/rdf+xml 21898 2025-06-16T18:50:47.151367 image/jpeg 3493 2025-06-16T18:50:47.100474 image/jpeg 415729 2025-06-16T18:50:46.619366 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