Project Gutenberg 2005-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 221 Moore, George 1852 1933 Moore, George Augustus Rhone, Lady Esther Waters Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Waters Produced by Eric Eldred, Clay Massei, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Esther Waters" by George Moore is a novel written during the late 19th century that delves into the life of a young working-class woman navigating the complexities of service, social class, and her own identity. The story follows Esther, a resilient and hardworking kitchen maid, as she grapples with her past and confronts the challenges of her new life at Woodview, a grand estate. With themes of class struggle and personal growth, the character of Esther embodies the struggles of many women of her time. The opening of the novel introduces us to Esther standing at a train station, feeling the weight of her bundle as she prepares to take up a new position as a kitchen maid at Woodview. Her thoughts reveal her insecurities about fitting in among the other servants and her concerns about her appearance and background. As she makes her way to the estate, she is met by William, the son of the cook, who offers to help her with her heavy load. Their brief conversation allows Esther's character to emerge as a hardworking, yet naive and hopeful young woman, eager to escape her difficult past. The reader gets a sense of her apprehensions about the expectations of her new job, and the influences of the class distinctions she must navigate in her life. This sets the stage for Esther's journey of self-discovery amid the rigid boundaries of social class and her desire for a better life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 89.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en England -- Fiction Domestic fiction Mothers and sons -- Fiction Unmarried mothers -- Fiction Women household employees -- Fiction PR Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Category: Novels Category: British Literature 853890 2025-08-04T04:51:31.111569 text/html 853711 2025-01-11T02:28:10.413488 text/html 377262 2025-08-04T04:51:40.912567 application/epub+zip 389396 2025-08-04T04:51:33.196579 application/epub+zip 389396 2025-08-04T04:51:31.949619 application/epub+zip 660167 2025-08-04T04:51:46.984521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 606095 2025-08-04T04:51:40.090536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577372 2022-09-04T09:10:42.616286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 777631 2025-08-04T04:51:30.317603 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 777457 2012-05-20T14:43:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 777449 2012-05-20T14:43:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20629 2025-08-04T04:51:47.139501 application/rdf+xml 10978 2025-08-04T04:51:32.477578 image/jpeg 2975 2025-08-04T04:51:32.207574 image/jpeg 290231 2012-05-20T14:43:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 290192 2012-05-20T14:43:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 371129 2025-08-04T04:51:31.176568 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