Project Gutenberg 2015-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 165 Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock 1826 1887 Mulock, Miss Mulock, Dinah Maria A Life for a Life, Volume 1 (of 3) Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "A Life for a Life, Volume 1 (of 3)" by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Theodora Johnston, a clergyman's daughter, who expresses her disdain for soldiers and reflects on her family's dynamics, particularly her relationship with her sisters. The novel explores themes of love, societal expectations, and personal identity within its social setting, capturing the inner thoughts and struggles of its protagonist. At the start of the book, Theodora shares her feelings about the military presence near her home, expressing a strong dislike for soldiers and their idleness during peacetime. As she navigates her relationships at a ball, she delineates the contrasting personalities of her sisters, Lisabel and Penelope, and their romantic entanglements. Encounters with the enigmatic Doctor Urquhart challenge her views and spark introspection about love and societal roles, setting up a dynamic exploration of character and emotion that promises to unfold throughout the novel. The opening establishes Theodora's character as complex, observant, and searching for her own identity amid the expectations placed upon her by family and society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 371667 2025-08-19T09:49:21.326737 text/html 364452 2024-10-24T14:03:55 text/html 214976 2025-08-19T09:49:29.028701 application/epub+zip 219078 2025-08-19T09:49:24.452714 application/epub+zip 203236 2025-08-19T09:49:23.222725 application/epub+zip 401693 2025-08-19T09:49:32.483180 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380486 2025-08-19T09:49:28.199706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345993 2022-09-21T18:35:05.671623 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310869 2025-08-19T09:49:20.385763 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 291108 2024-10-24T14:03:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16118 2025-08-19T09:49:32.607155 application/rdf+xml 13999 2025-08-19T09:49:23.721711 image/jpeg 3655 2025-08-19T09:49:23.471717 image/jpeg 210333 2025-08-19T09:49:21.359711 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