The Adventurous Seven: Their Hazardous Undertaking by Bessie Marchant

"The Adventurous Seven: Their Hazardous Undertaking" by Bessie Marchant is a children's novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around seven siblings, the Plumstead children, who are determined to reunite with their father in Australia. After hearing about the opportunities in New South Wales from a lecturer, they set forth on an adventure filled with hope, challenges, and the quest for family connection. The opening of the book introduces us to the Plumstead siblings during a lively lecture that inspires them to emigrate. Their eldest sister, Nealie, dreams of helping their father, a doctor in Australia, who they haven't seen for seven years. The siblings' excitement grows as they decide to seek permission from Mr. Runciman, their guardian, to fund their journey. The narrative reveals their close bond and determination to support each other, setting the tone for their collective resolve to face the unknown together as they embark on their adventurous undertaking. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Marchant, Bessie, 1862-1941
Illustrator Stott, W. R. S. (William R. S.)
Title The Adventurous Seven: Their Hazardous Undertaking
Credits E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 69.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Australia -- Juvenile fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 22744
Release Date
Last Update Jan 3, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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