Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 224 Hurst, Fannie 1889 1968 Danielson, Fannie Hurst Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl Produced by Suzanne Shell, Charlie Kirschner and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl" by Fannie Hurst is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Lilly Becker, a young girl from a modest background embarking on the journey of adolescence, filled with aspirations of becoming a successful singer and navigating the complexities of social class, family dynamics, and self-identity. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the vibrant world of Lilly Becker, who finds herself lost in musical daydreams as she practices the piano in her family's cramped boarding house. We see glimpses of her friendships, childhood rivalries, and interaction with her family, particularly with her mother, Mrs. Becker, who harbors ambitions for her daughter while managing the struggles of their middle-class life. The vivid details of Lilly's childhood and her aspirations foreshadow her coming challenges and growth as she seeks to carve out her identity in a world that often places limitations on young women. The opening chapters set the stage for a rich exploration of Lilly's character as she faces the pressures of expectations and seeks her place in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Entertainers -- United States -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 792669 2025-06-04T11:02:28.050544 text/html 792490 2025-01-12T18:19:38.018528 text/html 377153 2025-06-04T11:02:42.108510 application/epub+zip 390349 2025-06-04T11:02:32.057556 application/epub+zip 373780 2025-06-04T11:02:30.496576 application/epub+zip 710454 2025-06-04T11:02:49.905928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649951 2025-06-04T11:02:40.942478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 569310 2022-09-05T05:45:33.447192 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 692586 2025-06-04T11:02:27.151537 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 692404 2020-12-27T00:41:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 275860 2020-12-27T00:41:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 692396 2020-12-27T00:41:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 275755 2020-12-27T00:41:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19225 2025-06-04T11:02:50.065965 application/rdf+xml 15568 2025-06-04T11:02:31.090548 image/jpeg 3611 2025-06-04T11:02:30.791526 image/jpeg 373219 2025-06-04T11:02:28.116566 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