The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins
"The Lamplighter" by Maria S. Cummins is a novel published in 1854. This female coming-of-age story follows Gertrude Flint, an abandoned orphan rescued at age eight by a kind lamplighter from her abusive guardian. Raised with love and religious faith, Gertrude transforms from a mistreated child into a moralistic woman. Her journey of suffering and virtue ultimately leads to unexpected rewards in adulthood. An immediate bestseller, the novel sold over 40,000 copies
in eight weeks and became a cultural phenomenon of its era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cummins, Maria S. (Maria Susanna), 1827-1866 |
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| Title | The Lamplighter |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lamplighter |
| Credits |
Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Orphans -- Fiction |
| Subject | Christian life -- Fiction |
| Subject | Courtship -- Fiction |
| Subject | Child abuse -- Fiction |
| Subject | Success -- Fiction |
| Subject | Poverty -- Fiction |
| Subject | Kindness -- Fiction |
| Subject | Blind children -- Fiction |
| Subject | Social status -- Fiction |
| Subject | Diligence -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 31869 |
| Release Date | Apr 2, 2010 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 6, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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