Project Gutenberg 2013-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 136 Lowndes, Marie Belloc 1868 1947 Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Belloc Belloc-Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Belloc, Marie Adelaide Belloc, M. A. (Marie Adelaide) Barbara Rebell Produced by Suzanne Shell, Ernest Schaal, 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.) "Barbara Rebell" by Marie Belloc Lowndes is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a young girl named Barbara Rebell, whose tenth birthday in 1870 is marked by both anticipation and disappointment as she reflects on her life in France away from her English roots. As she grapples with her emotions and the complexity of her family’s past, the narrative hints at deeper themes of identity, isolation, and familial relationships. At the start of the novel, the opening portion introduces Barbara's tenth birthday, filled with longing for a more vibrant life filled with friends and familial connections. We learn about her life in St. Germains, where her parents live encased in an air of mystery surrounding her father's past. The encounter with her distant godmother and her family's complicated history brings to light Barbara’s feelings of disappointment, confusion, and her growing awareness of the different worlds she inhabits. The narrative sets a tone of reflection, as Barbara begins to comprehend the burdens of her family legacy while yearn for a sense of belonging and fulfillment that seems just out of reach. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42462/42462-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 734629 2025-08-17T07:51:45.160324 text/html 748695 2024-10-23T15:01:46 text/html 597837 2025-08-17T07:51:53.291382 application/epub+zip 610905 2025-08-17T07:51:46.411345 application/epub+zip 354169 2025-08-17T07:51:45.824337 application/epub+zip 819897 2025-08-17T07:51:58.445271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 769043 2025-08-17T07:51:52.307362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 512591 2022-09-19T11:43:00.470929 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 667395 2025-08-17T07:51:44.240339 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 647550 2024-10-23T15:01:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16460 2025-08-17T07:51:58.905253 application/rdf+xml 22719 2025-08-17T07:51:45.926349 image/jpeg 3604 2025-08-17T07:51:45.874303 image/jpeg 763457 2025-08-17T07:51:45.222307 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