Hetty's garden-party, and what came of it by Emma Leslie
"Hetty's garden-party, and what came of it by Emma Leslie" is a moral children's novella from the Victorian era. It follows a vain but good-hearted girl whose ill-judged attempt at social display leads to embarrassment, debt, and hard lessons about truthfulness, modest living, and useful work. Hetty Golding invites a crowd to a garden-party, pretending she has the right to use a neighbor’s grand garden and skimping on refreshments to keep up
appearances. The event collapses into humiliation when the gardener confronts the guests, bills go unpaid, and Hetty’s mother falls gravely ill amid other family worries. Forced to face the consequences, Hetty writes a humble apology, endures public gossip, accepts a small loan to buy necessities, and begins teaching music to support the household. Her uncle later returns, steadies their finances, and Hetty chooses honest industry over showy friendships, repays her debts (including garden damages), and grows into a kinder, steadier young woman. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read or download for free
| How to read | Url | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read now! | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76619.html.images | 88 kB | |||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76619.epub3.images | 1010 kB | |||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76619.epub.images | 1010 kB | |||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76619.epub.noimages | 98 kB | |||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76619.kf8.images | 1.0 MB | |||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76619.kindle.images | 1.0 MB | |||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76619.txt.utf-8 | 77 kB | |||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/76619/pg76619-h.zip | 1.2 MB | |||
| There may be more files related to this item. | |||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Leslie, Emma, 1838-1909 |
|---|---|
| Title | Hetty's garden-party, and what came of it |
| Original Publication | London: Sunday School Union, 1892. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | England -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Pride and vanity -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76619 |
| Release Date | Aug 2, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 205 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |