Project Gutenberg 2004-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 121 Hale, Mabel The Hero of Hill House Text file produced by Joel Erickson, Charles Franks, Juliet Sutherland HTML file produced by David Widger "The Hero of Hill House" by Mabel Hale is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the struggles of a young boy named Austin Hill, who finds himself bearing the tremendous burden of caring for his motherless siblings amid a troubled home dominated by a neglectful father. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the Hill family's quiet and chaotic life in their little farmhouse, where a shadow looms over their happiness due to their father's alcoholism. Austin, the thirteen-year-old protagonist, is portrayed as a responsible and thoughtful boy who steps up to protect and care for his younger siblings after the devastating loss of their mother. The opening chapters depict the family's dynamics, including the loving but sorrowful relationship with their mother, the father's descent into despair and neglect, and Austin's determined efforts to maintain some semblance of normality and unity within the family, all of which set the stage for a poignant exploration of familial duty and survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Christian life -- Fiction Motherless families -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels 354914 2025-07-03T09:54:49.912586 text/html 362227 2021-01-27T01:45:33 text/html 177319 2025-07-03T09:54:55.588599 application/epub+zip 182344 2025-07-03T09:54:51.669664 application/epub+zip 182345 2025-07-03T09:54:50.563652 application/epub+zip 350484 2025-07-03T09:54:58.719618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321132 2025-07-03T09:54:54.924607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280989 2022-09-04T04:15:11.698102 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305875 2025-07-03T09:54:49.271608 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 305731 2016-11-07T09:23:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 302917 2013-06-23T09:17:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20263 2025-07-03T09:54:58.844533 application/rdf+xml 12123 2025-07-03T09:54:51.060603 image/jpeg 3692 2025-07-03T09:54:50.811583 image/jpeg 110119 2016-11-07T09:25:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 115810 2021-01-27T01:45:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 109749 2013-06-23T09:17:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 169131 2025-07-03T09:54:49.938621 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