Project Gutenberg 2018-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 135 Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 Townesend, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett Hodgson, Frances Eliza Miss Crespigny E-text prepared by Mary Glenn Krause, Wayne Hammond, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Miss Crespigny" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the enigmatic Lisbeth Crespigny, a young woman with a complex personality and a tumultuous past, navigating relationships and societal expectations in her quest for independence and self-discovery. The book introduces her interactions with figures such as her patroness, Mrs. Despard, and Hector Anstruthers, who is linked to her history through a former engagement that she now dismisses. At the start of the story, we meet Lisbeth as she expresses a sense of restlessness and dissatisfaction with social gatherings, showcasing her self-aware and somewhat rebellious nature. She has recently left her sheltered life with her aunts and is now living with Mrs. Despard. The narrative captures her sharp wit and striking beauty, hints at her emotional struggles, and sets the stage for her encounters with Anstruthers, who has matured since their last meeting. Lisbeth's conflicting feelings about her past, her self-image, and her influence over those around her are explored as she interacts with various characters and prepares for potential confrontations with her former life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American fiction -- 19th century Love stories Romance fiction, American PS Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 272486 2025-07-22T15:08:50.793143 text/html 271018 2018-05-05T21:57:04 text/html 299446 2025-07-22T15:08:55.336200 application/epub+zip 299739 2025-07-22T15:08:51.755156 application/epub+zip 170223 2025-07-22T15:08:51.219346 application/epub+zip 400289 2025-07-22T15:08:58.342115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367795 2025-07-22T15:08:54.880139 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228535 2022-08-25T16:34:11.409640 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240400 2025-07-22T15:08:50.347174 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 240363 2020-06-15T00:09:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18901 2025-07-22T15:08:58.468128 application/rdf+xml 18799 2025-07-22T15:08:51.412152 image/jpeg 2318 2025-07-22T15:08:51.367209 image/jpeg 88400 2020-06-15T00:09:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 266784 2018-05-05T21:58:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 268615 2025-07-22T15:08:50.821140 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