Project Gutenberg 2013-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 500 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 Boz Dickens, Charles John Huffam Billings, Hammatt 1818 1874 Billings, Charles Howland Hammatt Billings, Hammett Billings A Child's Dream of a Star Produced by Greg Bergquist, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Child's Dream of a Star" by Charles Dickens is a poignant short story written in the late 19th century. It is a reflective piece that embodies themes of love, loss, and spiritual connection, exploring the bond between siblings and the concept of an afterlife. This narrative captures the imagination with its ethereal qualities and deep emotional resonance. The story follows a child who shares a close relationship with his sister, with both captivated by the beauty of the world around them and a particular star that shines brightly in the night sky. As they grow, the sister falls ill and eventually passes away, leading the child to dream of a mystical star that serves as a gateway to the afterlife. Throughout his life, he experiences further losses, including that of his mother and daughter, but each time he dreams of the star and the angels that await them. In the end, as the child grows into an old man, he reflects on his life, recognizing the star as a symbol of reunion with his loved ones in the celestial realm, ultimately finding peace as he approaches the end of his earthly existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42232/42232-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Short stories Children -- Death -- Juvenile fiction Children and death -- Juvenile fiction Heaven -- Juvenile fiction Grief -- Juvenile fiction PR PZ Text Category: Short Stories Category: British Literature 40466 2025-08-17T06:48:37.020706 text/html 16094 2024-10-23T14:29:43 text/html 830914 2025-08-17T06:48:39.106740 application/epub+zip 829421 2025-08-17T06:48:37.541760 application/epub+zip 74335 2025-08-17T06:48:37.264674 application/epub+zip 859912 2025-08-17T06:48:40.389702 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 836116 2025-08-17T06:48:38.836674 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97967 2022-09-19T10:00:11.690312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27915 2025-08-17T06:48:36.834677 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 7915 2024-10-23T14:29:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18746 2025-08-17T06:48:40.519681 application/rdf+xml 20993 2025-08-17T06:48:37.329695 image/jpeg 3000 2025-08-17T06:48:37.297675 image/jpeg 809920 2025-08-17T06:48:37.064720 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