Project Gutenberg 2024-05-21 Public domain in the USA. 167 Martineau, Harriet 1802 1876 Invalid Invalid, An Illustrations of political economy, Volume 7 (of 9) $aLondon :$bCharles Fox, Paternoster-Row, $c1834. Sowers not reapers -- Cinnamon and pearls -- A tale of the Tyne. Emmanuel Ackerman, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 7 (of 9)" by Harriet Martineau is a collection of social and economic insights written in the mid-19th century. This particular volume contains narratives that aim to illustrate complex political economy concepts through relatable tales. The overarching theme of the book revolves around the struggles faced by the lower classes during a period of economic hardship, examining how societal structures impact individual lives and labor. The opening of the volume introduces the chapter "Sowers Not Reapers," painting a vivid picture of a drought-stricken Yorkshire landscape as two women, Mrs. Kay and Mary, await news of rain. Their conversations reveal the grim realities of their lives, marked by shortages of food and uncertainty about the future. Mrs. Kay expresses her fears regarding the poor harvest and the dangers lurking in their surroundings, highlighting the tension and anxiety prevalent among the working-class characters. Meanwhile, the narrative deftly underscores the disparity between the toil of the poor and the abundance enjoyed by the more fortunate, setting the stage for an exploration of the broader implications of economic policies and societal neglect experienced by the laboring class. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t54f2b938&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021 20220214155443martineau 1834 gb Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Social problems -- Fiction Didactic fiction, English Political fiction, English PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 716441 2025-06-29T07:18:45.356349 text/html 690032 2024-05-21T13:49:19 text/html 495950 2025-06-29T07:18:54.030350 application/epub+zip 502143 2025-06-29T07:18:47.409470 application/epub+zip 337219 2025-06-29T07:18:46.334347 application/epub+zip 670138 2025-06-29T07:18:59.270357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622553 2025-06-29T07:18:53.095317 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635093 2025-06-29T07:18:44.160394 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 615077 2024-05-21T13:49:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17083 2025-06-29T07:18:59.416280 application/rdf+xml 15823 2025-06-29T07:18:46.540369 image/jpeg 2196 2025-06-29T07:18:46.436359 image/jpeg 1094080 2025-06-29T07:18:45.418353 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