Some Little People by George Kringle

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34205.html.images 135 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34205.epub3.images 959 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34205.epub.images 959 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34205.epub.noimages 101 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34205.kf8.images 1018 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34205.kindle.images 994 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34205.txt.utf-8 117 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/34205/pg34205-h.zip 927 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Kringle, George
Illustrator Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
Title Some Little People
Credits E-text prepared by eagkw, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)
Summary "Some Little People" by George Kringle is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young girl named 'Lisbeth Lillibun, who dreams of living in London but struggles with the challenges of contentment and the realities of her life in the countryside. This charming tale explores themes of childhood dreams, adventure, and the importance of being satisfied with one's surroundings. The opening of the book introduces 'Lisbeth as a little girl living a hundred miles from London, where she longs to be. Accompanied by her brother Dickon, they venture a mile away from home, triggering her curiosity about the distance to the city. Throughout their exploration, 'Lisbeth becomes preoccupied with thoughts of London and the idea of adventure, while Dickon tries to ground her by appreciating the beauty of their surroundings. This sets the stage for 'Lisbeth's journey, as she grapples with her desires and learns valuable lessons about contentment, fantasy versus reality, and the importance of family and home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Cats -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Poverty -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Pets -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Play -- Juvenile fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 34205
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 95 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!
iBiblio