Project Gutenberg 2015-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 296 Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811 1896 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Crowfield, Christopher Stowe, H. B. (Harriet Beecher) Fredericks, Alfred 1926 Frederick, Alfred We and Our Neighbors; or, The Records of an Unfashionable Street Produced by David Edwards, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "We and Our Neighbors; or, The Records of an Unfashionable Street" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the lives of two elderly sisters, Miss Dorcas Vanderheyden and Mrs. Betsey Benthusen, who are observing the arrival of new neighbors in their historic New York home. Their interactions and reflections introduce themes of social status, family dynamics, and changing times, establishing a rich social landscape as the sisters grapple with their past and the modern world around them. The opening of the novel introduces the two sisters keenly watching their new neighbors move in, highlighting their curious natures and subtle snobbery. As they speculate about the young couple they see, they reveal their old-world values in contrast to the new life blossoming across the street. Through their perspectives, Stowe sets up a social commentary that blends humor with gentle critique, positioning the sisters as both endearing and comical figures. The interactions of the sisters, along with the presence of the playful terrier Jack, not only create a vivid picture of domestic life but also signal the impending changes that their unfashionable street will witness with the arrival of modernity and new social circles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en American fiction -- 19th century Christian life -- Fiction Women -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 931821 2025-06-19T13:21:36.757382 text/html 920854 2024-10-24T17:12:30 text/html 1129147 2025-06-19T13:21:50.331339 application/epub+zip 1139423 2025-06-19T13:21:39.048371 application/epub+zip 424670 2025-06-19T13:21:37.905386 application/epub+zip 1412689 2025-06-19T13:21:59.024287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1319247 2025-06-19T13:21:48.808344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 604813 2022-09-22T05:31:49.338816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 852745 2023-09-21T06:27:58.218824 text/plain 832638 2024-10-24T17:12:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17203 2025-06-19T13:21:59.196273 application/rdf+xml 8692 2025-06-19T13:21:38.035408 image/jpeg 1617 2025-06-19T13:21:37.971390 image/jpeg 1083985 2025-06-19T13:21:36.871393 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