Project Gutenberg 2023-08-04 Public domain in the USA. 148 Swett, Sophie 1858 1912 Swett, Sophie Miriam Betts, John H. (John Henderson) 1877 1902 Betts, John Henderson The young ship builder $aPhiladelphia :$bThe Penn Publishing Company, $c1902. Donald Cummings, David E. Brown, Ed Leckert, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Young Ship Builder" by Sophie Swett is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the lives of the Dill family who navigate the complexities of life, family relationships, and the challenges presented by their family dynamics, especially following the return of their mother with two new half-siblings after a second marriage. The story is narrated by Bathsheba, one of the elder siblings, and the primary focus is on her brother Cyrus, whose aspirations are challenged by family duty and the arrival of their half-siblings, whom are perceived as "aliens" within the family. At the start of the narrative, the reader is introduced to Bathsheba's family on Groundnut Hill, where the dynamics have changed with the return of their mother and the incorporation of her new children, Estelle and David. Bathsheba reflects on the implications of having a mixed family, the expectations on Cyrus to sacrifice his own dreams for the sake of the younger children, and the emotional toll it takes on everyone involved. As the childhood antics of Bathsheba and her siblings unfold, we witness a deepening sense of responsibility emerge in Cyrus, who grapples with his desire to pursue a ministry against the harsh realities of caring for his family. The opening serves not only to set up the family dynamics but also hints at impending struggles and the burden of expectations that will shape the characters' lives going forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20180329125525swett 1902 US Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction New England -- Juvenile fiction Stepfamilies -- Juvenile fiction Business -- Juvenile fiction Shipyards -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 391268 2025-07-28T09:04:08.281881 text/html 387436 2023-08-04T18:40:10 text/html 766903 2025-07-28T09:04:15.404372 application/epub+zip 762679 2025-07-28T09:04:10.096852 application/epub+zip 456832 2025-07-28T09:04:09.136918 application/epub+zip 1612622 2025-07-28T09:04:19.218322 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1361280 2025-07-28T09:04:14.567374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349020 2025-07-28T09:04:07.706888 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 349042 2023-08-04T18:40:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19545 2025-07-28T09:04:19.421310 application/rdf+xml 21459 2025-07-28T09:04:09.382867 image/jpeg 3723 2025-07-28T09:04:09.258949 image/jpeg 131241 2023-08-04T18:40:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 1279970 2023-08-04T18:40:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 1368832 2025-07-28T09:04:08.333868 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