Project Gutenberg 2021-03-18 Public domain in the USA. 132 Watanna, Onoto 1875 1954 Babcock, Winnifred Eaton Reeve, Winnifred Eaton Eaton, Winnifred Reeve, Winifred Eaton Foudji, Gazo 1853 1916 Gazo, Fuji 04026878 The Love of Azalea Mary Glenn Krause, Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Love of Azalea" by Onoto Watanna is a novel written in the early 20th century." The story revolves around Azalea, a young Japanese girl caught in the throes of cultural conflict, personal tragedy, and romantic turmoil as she navigates life under the strictures of her stepmother and the demands of societal expectations. Her journey leads her to encounter Richard Verley, a missionary who changes the course of her life. "At the start of the narrative, readers are introduced to a mission church in a small Japanese village, where the congregation is disinterested in the sermons of the foreign priest, Richard Verley." Amidst this backdrop, Azalea is depicted as a young girl longing for escape from her unkind home life with a stepmother who treats her cruelly. Dressed in rags, Azalea finds herself smitten with the notion of earning money through singing, just like the choir boys who are treated kindly by Verley. This initial longing evolves when she decides to approach the minister, pretending to seek conversion in the hopes of receiving assistance. The opening chapters set the stage for her transformative journey, revealing her desires for freedom and love against the struggles of her impoverished circumstances and the rigid expectations of her society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Young women -- Fiction Clergy -- Fiction Japan -- Fiction Husband and wife -- Fiction East and West -- Fiction Americans -- Japan -- Fiction Stepdaughters -- Fiction Missions -- Japan -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels 200676 2025-07-25T13:47:52.793886 text/html 176479 2024-10-18T12:04:53 text/html 3865947 2025-07-25T13:47:59.422860 application/epub+zip 3863126 2025-07-25T13:47:54.689838 application/epub+zip 320574 2025-07-25T13:47:53.529845 application/epub+zip 4815897 2025-07-25T13:48:02.861855 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4789978 2025-07-25T13:47:58.420864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350544 2022-09-29T07:49:07.745469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162978 2025-07-25T13:47:52.290878 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 143028 2024-10-18T12:04:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18610 2025-07-25T13:48:03.008840 application/rdf+xml 21432 2025-07-25T13:47:53.755860 image/jpeg 3248 2025-07-25T13:47:53.639872 image/jpeg 3861411 2025-07-25T13:47:52.873884 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