Philly and Kit, or Life and Raiment (Classic Reprint)

Caroline Chesebro'

ISBN 10: 1334592233 / ISBN 13: 9781334592232

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Print on Demand. This book focuses on the lives of several characters in 19th Century America, specifically the life of a young girl named Jess and her grandmother who live in poverty and sell apples on the street. The story also includes the interactions of a street sweeper named Philly who befriends Jess and her grandmother, and an old porter named Abraham who initially comes across as uncaring but eventually opens up to Philly. The author illustrates the struggles of poverty and the effects it has on a person's life, as well as the resilience of the human spirit. This is shown through the characters of Jess, her grandmother, and Philly, who all face challenges but find ways to overcome them. The book is full of humor and heart, and provides a unique perspective on the lives of those living in poverty in 19th Century America. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Philly and Kit, or Life and Raiment (Classic Reprint)
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1334592233
• ISBN 13: 9781334592232
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Childrens Fiction

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Excerpt from Philly and Kit, or Life and Raiment

Look at that sleep, now. With your doors bolted, and your strong name acting sentinel, do you slumber more securely? Is your solitude more silent? True, her little girl is by her side - little J ess, her grand daughter - the child of her daughter J essie, who is dead. And hundreds of carts, carriages, and stages, go up and down before her, hour after hour, and men and women, numberless, pass by, but she is blind, and deaf, and dumb, in the soundness of her slumber.

Even when she is awake she is almost as much alone as now. If addressed, she hears and answers -if any one stops at her stand, she sees - if the price of anything is asked, she hears. If it begins to rain, she raises the big umbrella which protects her goods. If J ess speaks, she answers, but she comes out of her abstractions and returns to them again like one pledged to their semce.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.