Project Gutenberg 2025-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 131 Aimwell, Walter 1822 1859 Simonds, William Jessie : $b or, trying to be somebody $aBoston :$bGould and Lincoln, $c1858. The Aimwell stories ; 6 Richard Tonsing, Richard Hulse, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Jessie; or, Trying to be Somebody" by Walter Aimwell is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Jessie Hapley, a young girl navigating her way through a difficult period after her family faces a series of unfortunate events, including her father's death and her brother's imprisonment. The book focuses on themes of ambition, resilience, and the quest for a noble character, particularly in the face of adversity. At the start of the novel, we meet Jessie as she transitions to a new home in Vermont with the Page family after her own family experiences a tragic collapse. The opening sets the stage for her struggles, capturing her sense of loss and homesickness as she adapts to life in a new household. Despite these challenges, Jessie is determined to support her family and continues her education, aspiring to be a teacher. As she engages with her new community, the dynamics among the characters, including her interactions with Ronald, her neighbor, hint at both friendship and conflict, establishing an emotional foundation for the journey ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/jessieortryingto00aimwiala 20200226132956aimwell 1858 US Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Schools -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Farm life -- Juvenile fiction Students -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Ambition -- Juvenile fiction Teachers -- Education -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 454062 2025-06-29T15:07:49.499214 text/html 428410 2025-02-16T11:37:57 text/html 3149557 2025-06-29T15:07:58.921178 application/epub+zip 3145650 2025-06-29T15:07:52.242215 application/epub+zip 293632 2025-06-29T15:07:50.748241 application/epub+zip 3589706 2025-06-29T15:08:03.580194 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3559064 2025-06-29T15:07:57.730151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376764 2025-06-29T15:07:48.327208 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 356878 2025-02-16T11:37:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17662 2025-06-29T15:08:03.734106 application/rdf+xml 15027 2025-06-29T15:07:51.082191 image/jpeg 2160 2025-06-29T15:07:50.915203 image/jpeg 3987065 2025-06-29T15:07:49.597185 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