Project Gutenberg 2024-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 146 Delafield, E. M. 1890 1943 De La Pasture, Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, Elizabeth M. 19005277 The pelicans $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf, $c1919. Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Pelicans" by E. M. Delafield is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores themes of family, responsibility, and emotional struggle, focusing on the lives of two orphaned sisters, Rosamund and Frances Grantham, as they navigate their feelings after the death of their mother and adapt to their new lives. The narrative also delves into the dynamics of their new guardianship under Bertha Tregaskis, a capable yet somewhat overwhelming figure, and her family, highlighting a stark contrast between the sisters' previous upbringing and their new environment. At the start of the novel, we meet Lady Argent and her son, Ludovic, who discuss the recent death of Mrs. Grantham and how her children will be cared for. Bertha Tregaskis, a caring relative, decides to take in the orphaned girls, and tensions arise as Rosamund expresses resentment towards the transition. The opening section revolves around the complexities of the sisters' emotions, particularly Rosamund's defiance and struggle to retain her identity amidst the changes. The narrative captures the delicate nature of childhood grief and the challenges of adjusting to loss, all while introducing a cast of characters that influence the sisters' evolving lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067632404&view=1up&seq=7 20210304011556delafield 1919 us Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Orphans -- Fiction Guardian and ward -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction Nuns -- Fiction Families -- Fiction Conversion -- Catholic Church -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 732970 2025-06-29T05:02:29.584739 text/html 707928 2024-03-12T07:03:42 text/html 817108 2025-06-29T05:02:39.843639 application/epub+zip 813993 2025-06-29T05:02:31.479684 application/epub+zip 456495 2025-06-29T05:02:30.462724 application/epub+zip 1404623 2025-06-29T05:02:45.785609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1093973 2025-06-29T05:02:38.870634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 674296 2025-06-29T05:02:27.510683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 654438 2024-03-12T07:03:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17546 2025-06-29T05:02:45.926599 application/rdf+xml 13801 2025-06-29T05:02:30.695680 image/jpeg 1858 2025-06-29T05:02:30.579681 image/jpeg 927053 2025-06-29T05:02:29.653696 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