Project Gutenberg 2022-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 186 Edwards, Julia 1851 1924 Beautiful but poor $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith,$c1890. Eagle library no. 8 Demian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) "Beautiful but Poor" by Julia Edwards is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The story primarily revolves around Hattie Butler, a beautiful yet impoverished young woman, who lives in a dreary boarding house and works tirelessly at a bindery to make ends meet. Hattie's life takes intrigue-filled twists as she receives mysterious letters from someone in California, hinting at a hidden past and potential romance, while grappling with her unfortunate circumstances and the challenges of living amongst other working girls. The opening of the story paints a vivid picture of Hattie's reality, introducing the dingy boarding house run by the cantankerous Miss Scrimp, alongside her fellow boarders, including the kind-hearted Little Jess. The narrative highlights Hattie's quiet beauty, her admirable work ethic, and the subtle bonds of friendship that develop in the harsh environment of the boarding house. As the tale begins, Miss Scrimp becomes obsessively curious about Hattie’s correspondence, believing it to be a possible disruption to her controlled world. This establishes a sense of tension and foreshadows deeper mysteries as Hattie navigates not only her impoverished life but also the encroaching interest of others that may complicate her modest existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:683739 20211222071951edwards 1890 us Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Boardinghouses -- Fiction Dime novels PS Text Category: Novels 404225 2025-06-27T08:59:58.661925 text/html 382488 2024-10-19T00:40:53 text/html 493068 2025-06-27T09:00:07.611909 application/epub+zip 491212 2025-06-27T09:00:00.380941 application/epub+zip 449774 2025-06-27T08:59:59.449942 application/epub+zip 1327282 2025-06-27T09:00:12.459854 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1278344 2025-06-27T09:00:06.654968 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1238187 2022-10-01T00:33:24.461337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350415 2025-06-27T08:59:57.692931 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 330498 2024-10-19T00:40:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17638 2025-06-27T09:00:12.606859 application/rdf+xml 33824 2025-06-27T08:59:59.678950 image/jpeg 5089 2025-06-27T08:59:59.562909 image/jpeg 944046 2025-06-27T08:59:58.707982 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 More titles under Coryell, John Russell