Project Gutenberg 2013-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 324 Cambridge, Ada 1844 1926 Cross, Ada Cambridge The Retrospect Laura & Joyce McDonald and Clare Graham and Marc D'Hooghe "The Retrospect" by Ada Cambridge is a reflective autobiographical narrative written in the early 20th century. This book delves into the author's experiences and emotions surrounding her long-awaited return to England after nearly four decades spent in Australia. The central character, portraying the author herself, grapples with feelings of nostalgia, change, and the passage of time as she revisits her childhood home and the landscapes of her youth. The opening of the narrative introduces readers to the protagonist's poignant reflections on her thirty-eight-year absence from England, capturing her sense of longing and the complexities of returning home as an older woman. The text details her journey aboard a ship, the anticipation of finally reaching her native land, and her musings on the changes that have occurred both in herself and the world around her. As she approaches England, she experiences renewed hope and an unexpected joy in rediscovering places that once held deep significance in her past. The beginning sets the stage for a heartfelt exploration of memory, identity, and the inevitability of change, all while painting vivid descriptions of the landscapes she encounters along the way. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en England -- Social life and customs Cambridge, Ada, 1844-1926 -- Anecdotes DA PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Category: Biographies Category: Travel Writing 518243 2025-06-17T07:20:25.973258 text/html 524127 2021-02-16T05:38:52 text/html 271201 2025-06-17T07:20:33.306224 application/epub+zip 277199 2025-06-17T07:20:27.955240 application/epub+zip 277200 2025-06-17T07:20:26.738243 application/epub+zip 433500 2025-06-17T07:20:37.745252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 417428 2025-06-17T07:20:32.570237 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386487 2022-09-19T10:14:55.733620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503225 2025-06-17T07:20:25.445286 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 503148 2021-02-16T05:41:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 16862 2025-06-17T07:20:37.896208 application/rdf+xml 9774 2025-06-17T07:20:27.287250 image/jpeg 2757 2025-06-17T07:20:27.013249 image/jpeg 265123 2025-06-17T07:20:26.020294 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