Nellie's Housekeeping by Joanna H. Mathews

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45751.html.images 294 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45751.epub3.images 465 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45751.epub.images 469 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45751.epub.noimages 172 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45751.kf8.images 562 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45751.kindle.images 494 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45751.txt.utf-8 254 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45751/pg45751-h.zip 437 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe), 1849-1901
Title Nellie's Housekeeping
Little Sunbeams Series
Note Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents Hard at work -- A talk with papa -- Nellie a housekeeper -- A courtship -- White mice -- The gray mice -- The black cat -- Daisy's sacrifice -- Making ginger-cakes -- Fresh troubles -- A night of it -- An alarm -- Last of the sunbeams.
Credits Produced by Melissa McDaniel, Emmy and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)
Summary "Nellie's Housekeeping" by Joanna H. Mathews is a children's fiction book written in the late 19th century. This charming story centers around the character of Nellie Ransom, a thoughtful and diligent young girl who is grappling with her responsibilities at home while also trying to achieve academic success during her summer break. The narrative explores themes of kindness, the importance of family, and the balance between work and play. The opening of the book introduces us to Nellie, who is initially absorbed in her writing and studies, focused on finding Bible texts. However, Nellie's interactions with her younger sister, Carrie, reveal her growing irritability, which she attributes to feeling overwhelmed by her self-imposed academic burdens. As she struggles with feelings of being cross and unkind, Nellie grapples with her desire to improve herself while recognizing the impact of her choices on her family's dynamics. Through her mother's gentle guidance, Nellie begins to understand the importance of balancing her studies with being a caring and attentive sister. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Children's stories
Subject Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Mice -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Cats -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Courtship -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Housekeeping -- Juvenile fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 45751
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 101 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!