Project Gutenberg 2022-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 189 Kelly, Florence Finch 1858 1939 Finch Kelly, Florence Kinney, Margaret West 1872 1952 Kinney, Troy 1871 1938 Kinneys, The 09029503 Rhoda of the Underground $aUnited States :$bSturgis & Walton Company,$c1909. D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (The New York Public Library's Digital Collections) Updated: 2023-01-09. "Rhoda of the Underground" by Florence Finch Kelly is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Rhoda Ware, a young woman grappling with societal norms and her own moral convictions against the backdrop of antebellum America. The opening chapters introduce us to Rhoda's family dynamics, her relationship with her sister Charlotte, and her burgeoning involvement in the Underground Railroad movement as she confronts the realities of slavery. The beginning of the novel paints a vivid picture of Rhoda's idyllic life and her interactions with her family, particularly as her upbringing intertwines with the unfolding national tensions surrounding slavery. The narrative captures a delicate balance of family affection and contrasting beliefs, particularly in Rhoda's evolving perspective influenced by her father's abolitionist views and her romantic entanglement with Jefferson Delavan, who is revealed to be a slaveholder. This conflict intensifies when Rhoda encounters a fugitive slave and must navigate her emotions, societal expectations, and the implications of her choices, setting the stage for her moral awakening and pivotal decisions as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433076067465&view=1up&seq=21&skin=2021 20220408115454kelly 1909 us Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Slavery -- United States -- Fiction Underground Railroad -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: American Literature 569557 2025-07-27T11:40:38.833668 text/html 544276 2024-10-19T02:12:50 text/html 954434 2025-07-27T11:40:47.167661 application/epub+zip 950763 2025-07-27T11:40:40.538666 application/epub+zip 406263 2025-07-27T11:40:39.711639 application/epub+zip 1440617 2025-07-27T11:40:52.066554 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1163201 2025-07-27T11:40:46.380592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524365 2025-07-27T11:40:37.633629 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 504358 2024-10-19T02:12:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17489 2025-07-27T11:40:52.239552 application/rdf+xml 17640 2025-07-27T11:40:39.923607 image/jpeg 2439 2025-07-27T11:40:39.819632 image/jpeg 1158618 2025-07-27T11:40:38.898641 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 en.wikipedia