Project Gutenberg 2016-04-19 Public domain in the USA. 213 Kingsley, Florence Morse 1859 1937 Rae, John 1882 1963 To the Highest Bidder Produced by Giovanni Fini, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "To the Highest Bidder" by Florence Morse Kingsley is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in a small village named Barford, centering on the lives of Barbara Preston and her younger brother, Jimmy. As they navigate the challenges of poverty and the shadow of their deceased father’s legacy, the narrative explores themes of responsibility, familial love, and the conflicts that arise in their struggle to keep their family farm. The beginning of the book introduces us to Jimmy, who is celebrating his sixth birthday with a sense of joy and imagination, eager to buy a birthday present for his sister, Barbara. While exploring the village and engaging in innocent conversations, he drops a crucial letter addressed to Barbara from an unknown sender. Meanwhile, Barbara works diligently to maintain their farm despite the threats from Stephen Jarvis, who holds the mortgage and proposes an inappropriate offer of marriage in exchange for her family's home. The early chapters set the stage for a poignant tale of resilience amidst social pressures, familial bonds, and the looming challenges of adulthood. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 483014 2025-08-20T16:04:38.459559 text/html 472700 2024-10-23T00:21:47 text/html 364758 2025-08-20T16:04:46.029520 application/epub+zip 362657 2025-08-20T16:04:39.723582 application/epub+zip 269915 2025-08-20T16:04:38.993623 application/epub+zip 490489 2025-08-20T16:04:50.555501 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446506 2025-08-20T16:04:45.440559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354083 2022-09-23T15:24:12.966271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437558 2025-08-20T16:04:37.746608 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 417596 2024-10-23T00:21:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16511 2025-08-20T16:04:50.716501 application/rdf+xml 20641 2025-08-20T16:04:39.085558 image/jpeg 3361 2025-08-20T16:04:39.037570 image/jpeg 308957 2025-08-20T16:04:38.502551 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