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 Project Gutenberg 2025-07-20 Public domain in the USA. 192 Little, Frances 1863 1941 Macaulay, Fannie Caldwell Hedman, Valfrid 1872 1939 Little Sister Snow. Finnish Lumihiutale : $b (Little Sister Snow) $aHämeenlinna :$bArvi A. Karisto Oy, $c1918. Tuula Temonen "Lumihiutale (Little Sister Snow)" by Frances Little is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set in Japan, it follows Yuki (“Juki”) from mischievous childhood into young womanhood as she navigates filial duty, poverty, an arranged marriage, and a tender cross‑cultural bond with an American, Richard Merrit. The story explores tradition versus change, everyday domestic ritual, and the pull between Buddhist upbringing and Christian ideas introduced by foreigners. The opening of this novel paints a vivid spring morning where little Juki plays beneath a plum tree, gets into mischief, and—after a dramatic scuffle over a bird and a cat—meets the American boy Dick Merrit, who stops her from throwing the cat into a canal and wins her trust. A chapter on the Doll Festival introduces her modest home, loving but aging parents, and the origins of her name (born in snow), emphasizing maternal devotion and Buddhist piety. Twelve years later, Yuki returns from a mission school, shouldering household burdens amid growing poverty while social custom prevents her from working; her father arranges her marriage to the well‑placed Saito. A letter arrives from Richard, now grown, asking to lodge with her family, which brings money and joy; Yuki prepares the house and hosts him for two happy months of language lessons and gentle flirtation. In a tender farewell scene—goldfish fed, a butterfly warmed, and a brief talk about God versus Buddha—Richard departs for home, leaving Yuki quietly heart‑sore but resolute. The section closes as she turns to preparations for her first meeting with Saito. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250407001329theladooft 1918 FI Reading ease score: 40.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 126956 2025-07-30T08:36:20.790525 text/html 121982 2025-07-30T08:36:26.378494 application/epub+zip 122429 2025-07-30T08:36:23.578501 application/epub+zip 111263 2025-07-30T08:36:22.437529 application/epub+zip 229535 2025-07-30T08:36:28.467518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216825 2025-07-30T08:36:25.683499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110457 2025-07-30T08:36:20.523516 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90717 2025-07-20T14:00:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13579 2025-07-30T08:36:28.617469 application/rdf+xml 12797 2025-07-30T08:36:22.965496 image/jpeg 3365 2025-07-30T08:36:22.698503 image/jpeg 121541 2025-07-30T08:36:20.803544 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia fi.wikipedia