Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 115 Bellamy, Edward 1850 1898 Miss Ludington's Sister E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer "Miss Ludington's Sister" by Edward Bellamy is a novel written in the late 19th century. It revolves around Miss Ida Ludington, a once-vibrant young woman whose life takes a tragic turn following a severe illness that robs her of her beauty and joy. As she struggles with the loss of her youthful happiness, the narrative explores themes of memory, loss, and the longing to reclaim a lost past that holds significant emotional weight. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Miss Ludington, who reflects on her past life filled with happiness and social prominence in her village. After a debilitating disease leaves her disfigured and alienated, she immerses herself in nostalgia, holding onto memories of her girlhood. This opening segment establishes her sorrowful existence and vividly portrays her desperate desire to preserve her memories, especially those that remind her of the life she once led. The narrative hints at her eventual inheritance of a fortune, which will enable her to recreate an idealized version of her past, revealing both her obsession with what she has lost and the emotional consequences of such a fixation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Immortality -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 273573 2025-07-03T09:22:58.465938 text/html 268722 2020-12-30T03:40:20 text/html 178004 2025-07-03T09:23:04.857890 application/epub+zip 180476 2025-07-03T09:23:01.361874 application/epub+zip 164242 2025-07-03T09:23:00.257865 application/epub+zip 351976 2025-07-03T09:23:07.470837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342292 2025-07-03T09:23:04.182885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299463 2022-09-04T03:31:03.830561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261754 2025-07-03T09:22:57.991904 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 261562 2020-12-30T03:40:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 261569 2020-12-30T03:40:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20462 2025-07-03T09:23:07.592840 application/rdf+xml 15564 2025-07-03T09:23:00.748897 image/jpeg 4230 2025-07-03T09:23:00.502869 image/jpeg 96540 2020-12-30T03:40:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 98348 2020-12-30T03:40:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 96534 2020-12-30T03:40:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 175526 2025-07-03T09:22:58.489888 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