Project Gutenberg 2022-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 209 Corelli, Marie 1855 1924 Mackay, Mary Corelli, Maria Boy: A Sketch $aUnited Kingdom :$bHutchinson & Co.,$c1900. Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif 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.) "Boy: A Sketch" by Marie Corelli is a fictional narrative written in the late 19th century. The story centers around a young child named Boy, who is portrayed with innocence and a sense of wonder amidst the chaotic and disordered life he leads with his neglectful parents, Captain the Honourable D'Arcy-Muir and Mrs. D'Arcy-Muir. The book explores themes of childhood, parental responsibility, and the contrast between innocence and moral degradation. The opening of the narrative introduces Boy in a feeding chair, observing the disarray of his home life as he grapples with the behavior of his drunken father, affectionately known as "Poo Sing." Despite the unfortunate circumstances surrounding him—highlighted by his father's depravity and his mother's sloth—Boy displays remarkable compassion and naivety. He is comforted by his interactions with “Kiss-Letty” (Miss Letitia Leslie), a gentle and kind woman intrigued by Boy’s potential. As she considers adopting him, the boundaries between his former life and new opportunities begin to blur, establishing a foundation for the story's exploration of his future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/boysketch00corerich/page/n5/mode/2up 20200518014057corelli 1900 GB Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en England -- Fiction South African War, 1899-1902 -- Fiction Dysfunctional families -- Fiction Young men -- Fiction Boys -- Fiction Soldiers -- Fiction Juvenile delinquents -- Fiction PR Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: British Literature 543572 2025-07-26T12:23:25.982069 text/html 535850 2024-10-18T18:02:48 text/html 485095 2025-07-26T12:23:34.368059 application/epub+zip 490672 2025-07-26T12:23:27.497086 application/epub+zip 271956 2025-07-26T12:23:26.784062 application/epub+zip 644144 2025-07-26T12:23:39.189987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 600719 2025-07-26T12:23:33.269045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383752 2022-09-30T07:22:36.606939 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500346 2025-07-26T12:23:25.041063 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 480409 2024-10-18T18:02:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18378 2025-07-26T12:23:39.355995 application/rdf+xml 14489 2025-07-26T12:23:26.932034 image/jpeg 2178 2025-07-26T12:23:26.859078 image/jpeg 459820 2025-07-26T12:23:26.048070 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