Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 88 Meade, L. T. 1854 1914 Smith, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Meade, Mrs. L. T. Thomas, Elizabeth Meade, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade, Lillie Mead, L. T. A Girl of the People Produced by Beth Constantine, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "A Girl of the People" by L. T. Meade is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. The story centers around Elizabeth “Bet” Granger, a strong-willed newspaper girl in Liverpool, and her struggles with the harsh realities of her life following the death of her mother. The narrative explores themes of responsibility, resilience, and the search for identity amid challenging circumstances. At the start of the novel, Bet is confronted by her peers as they encourage her to join them, but she struggles with feelings of defiance and a deep-seated connection to her sick mother. After leaving her friends, she learns of her mother's grave illness and the prior day's loss of her cherished book, "Jane Eyre,"—a symbol of her longing for escapism. As her mother dies, Bet grapples with grief and newfound responsibility for her two younger brothers, the "Cap’n" and "Gen’ral." The opening portions set up Bet's internal conflict and her fierce determination to protect her siblings from their father's neglect, establishing the foundation for her character's evolution throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Young women -- Fiction Women in charitable work -- England -- Fiction PZ PS Text Children's Fiction Category: Novels Category: British Literature 357277 2025-07-03T06:40:50.061547 text/html 359368 2014-03-19T21:10:14 text/html 193172 2025-07-03T06:40:55.936491 application/epub+zip 197202 2025-07-03T06:40:51.821535 application/epub+zip 197201 2025-07-03T06:40:50.728531 application/epub+zip 347527 2025-07-03T06:40:59.010503 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336098 2025-07-03T06:40:55.265528 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312627 2022-09-03T10:35:26.483473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337769 2025-07-03T06:40:49.471528 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 337589 2014-03-19T21:10:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19817 2025-07-03T06:40:59.132490 application/rdf+xml 11722 2025-07-03T06:40:51.218536 image/jpeg 3183 2025-07-03T06:40:50.972527 image/jpeg 132201 2014-03-19T21:10:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 129101 2014-03-19T21:10:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 189110 2025-07-03T06:40:50.089558 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