Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 256 Meade, L. T. 1854 1914 Smith, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Meade, Mrs. L. T. Thomas, Elizabeth Meade, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade, Lillie Mead, L. T. The Children's Pilgrimage Produced by Avinash Kothare, Tom Allen, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Children's Pilgrimage" by L. T. Meade is a novel that likely hails from the late 19th century. This touching tale centers around two orphaned children, Cecile and Maurice D'Albert, as they navigate their fraught existence in London, where their circumstances become even more precarious after their stepmother's death. The children, who are deeply bonded despite their hardships, find themselves on a quest that unfolds against the backdrop of their loyalty to each other and their promise to seek out their stepmother's long-lost daughter, Lovedy. The opening of the book introduces us to Cecile and Maurice sitting alone on a doorstep in a quiet, old-fashioned court in London, highlighting both their resilience and vulnerability. Their tender relationship is evident as they care for each other, particularly in light of their stepmother's worsening health. Through the children's perspective, we see their yearning for warmth, love, and belonging amidst their struggles. Following their stepmother's death, Cecile learns about a solemn promise she must undertake: to search for Lovedy, her stepmother's lost daughter. This promise sets off a journey filled with emotional depth, challenges, and the quest for a brighter future, as Cecile grapples with the obligations and hopes placed upon her young shoulders. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Family life -- Juvenile fiction PR PZ Text Children's Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: British Literature 502910 2025-07-03T09:22:06.515169 text/html 504553 2014-03-19T20:24:24 text/html 253122 2025-07-03T09:22:13.845120 application/epub+zip 258043 2025-07-03T09:22:08.502121 application/epub+zip 258043 2025-07-03T09:22:07.294151 application/epub+zip 468527 2025-07-03T09:22:17.829115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453058 2025-07-03T09:22:13.013152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408601 2022-09-03T14:02:36.313808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476247 2025-07-03T09:22:05.634151 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 475988 2014-03-19T20:24:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19751 2025-07-03T09:22:17.955085 application/rdf+xml 13476 2025-07-03T09:22:07.785139 image/jpeg 3760 2025-07-03T09:22:07.538146 image/jpeg 180759 2014-03-19T20:25:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 177281 2014-03-19T20:25:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 246425 2025-07-03T09:22:06.553170 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