Project Gutenberg 2017-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 218 Addison, Daniel Dulany 1863 1936 Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary Produced by David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary" by Daniel Dulany Addison is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work centers around the life of the poet and author Lucy Larcom, capturing her experiences from childhood in Massachusetts to her role as a pioneer schoolmistress in Illinois, and her subsequent contributions to literature and education. It also explores the spiritual and intellectual struggles she navigated throughout her life, marked by her deep faith and commitment to social issues. At the start of the narrative, the author outlines Larcom's early life, detailing her upbringing in Beverly, Massachusetts, where she grew up in a large family. Her love for nature and her early aptitude for reading and poetry are highlighted, setting the stage for her later literary aspirations. The text touches upon her challenging transition to life in a new environment as a teacher on the Western prairies, revealing both her resilience and dedication to education. Through her childhood memories and budding literary skills, the opening portion emphasizes the formative experiences that shaped her character and influenced her future path as an author and educator. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893 PS Text Category: Biographies Category: American Literature Category: Parenthood & Family Relations Category: Teaching & Education 558781 2025-07-22T08:52:57.636687 text/html 539277 2024-10-23T02:45:48 text/html 398896 2025-07-22T08:53:07.044137 application/epub+zip 399235 2025-07-22T08:52:59.535626 application/epub+zip 287782 2025-07-22T08:52:58.568635 application/epub+zip 559427 2025-07-22T08:53:11.816119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 502747 2025-07-22T08:53:05.808162 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395921 2022-08-25T07:12:23.906173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465452 2025-07-22T08:52:56.603665 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 445572 2024-10-23T02:45:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16981 2025-07-22T08:53:11.954071 application/rdf+xml 20341 2025-07-22T08:52:58.692651 image/jpeg 2374 2025-07-22T08:52:58.630654 image/jpeg 445355 2025-07-22T08:52:57.685663 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