Project Gutenberg 2014-12-04 Public domain in the USA. 221 Hill, Grace Livingston 1865 1947 Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill Livingston, Grace Atwood, Clara E. 1874 1963 Fitts, Clara Atwood Atwood, Clara Eliza Aunt Crete's Emancipation Produced by Emmy, Chris Curnow 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.) "Aunt Crete's Emancipation" by Grace Livingston Hill is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Aunt Crete, a gentlewoman of modest means whose life drastically changes when her long-lost cousin, Donald Grant, unexpectedly visits. The narrative explores themes of family dynamics, societal expectations, and personal redemption as Aunt Crete steps out of her self-imposed limitations and embraces new experiences with Donald. The opening of the book introduces us to Aunt Crete and her overbearing relatives, Luella and her mother, who are less than thrilled with the prospect of Donald's visit. While they decide to flee to the shore to avoid the intrusion of their Western cousin, Aunt Crete's reaction is one of joy and longing. The initial tension between their desire to escape and Aunt Crete's hidden eagerness highlights the contrasting attitudes within the family. Aunt Crete, who has always been the dutiful, unappreciated family member, finds hope in receiving Donald and begins to dream of a life beyond her mundane obligations. This opening sets the stage for Aunt Crete's transformation and adventure as she dares to follow her happiness, defying her family's expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Single women -- Fiction Conduct of life -- Fiction Older women -- Fiction United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction Aunts -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 209325 2025-06-19T07:30:33.081522 text/html 186409 2024-10-24T12:41:45 text/html 611541 2025-06-19T07:30:38.058090 application/epub+zip 611867 2025-06-19T07:30:34.142561 application/epub+zip 139842 2025-06-19T07:30:33.572595 application/epub+zip 686420 2025-06-19T07:30:40.960950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 654217 2025-06-19T07:30:37.467528 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191062 2022-09-21T15:01:33.691202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181614 2025-06-19T07:30:32.666557 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 161624 2024-10-24T12:41:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18490 2025-06-19T07:30:41.119948 application/rdf+xml 22224 2025-06-19T07:30:33.668532 image/jpeg 3271 2025-06-19T07:30:33.618558 image/jpeg 588324 2025-06-19T07:30:33.131524 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