Project Gutenberg 2018-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 107 Jamieson, Molly E. Ruby: A Story of the Australian Bush David E. Brown and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at The National Library of Australia.) "Ruby: A Story of the Australian Bush" by Molly E. Jamieson is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows a young girl named Ruby Thorne, who dreams of her unknown mother in Scotland while navigating her life in the Australian bush, where she lives with her father and stepmother. Themes of family, kindness, longing, and the contrast between Australia's harsh landscape and the beauty of her imagined Scottish home permeate the narrative. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to Ruby, who is eagerly anticipating Christmas in the Australian bush. Through her interactions with her stepmother and her father, the story establishes Ruby's innocence, her longing for connection, and her contemplation of her mother's past. The bustling preparations for Christmas dinner and Ruby's excitement about the upcoming celebration paint a vivid picture of her life. However, the underlying tension reveals Ruby's struggles, including her stepmother's discontent with bush life and her yearning for the mother she never knew. This opening chapter sets the stage for Ruby's adventures and the challenges she will face as she explores her identity and the meaning of family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Christmas stories Australia -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 155098 2025-07-22T12:03:46.634168 text/html 162216 2023-08-10T06:48:30 text/html 818877 2025-07-22T12:03:50.474157 application/epub+zip 817018 2025-07-22T12:03:47.501168 application/epub+zip 138026 2025-07-22T12:03:47.054190 application/epub+zip 871719 2025-07-22T12:03:52.738153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 699716 2025-07-22T12:03:50.042229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173649 2022-08-25T11:51:06.139131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131780 2025-07-22T12:03:46.218172 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131503 2023-08-10T06:36:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18581 2025-07-22T12:03:52.874140 application/rdf+xml 27634 2025-07-22T12:03:47.176190 image/jpeg 4280 2025-07-22T12:03:47.121169 image/jpeg 47815 2023-08-10T06:49:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 1084365 2023-08-10T06:49:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 1619462 2025-07-22T12:03:46.721183 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