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A Daughter of Fife

A Daughter of Fife

Barr, Amelia Edith

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ISBN10: 1162639563
ISBN13: 9781162639567
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Daughter of Fife is a novel written by Amelia Edith Barr. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the life of a young woman named Elspeth Blair who was born and raised on the Scottish island of Fife. Elspeth is a strong-willed and independent woman who dreams of a better life for herself and her family. She leaves her home and travels to Edinburgh to work as a maid, where she meets and falls in love with a wealthy young man named Leslie Stuart. The two face many challenges, including social class differences, family disapproval, and personal struggles. Despite these obstacles, they continue to fight for their love and eventually marry. The novel explores themes of love, family, class, and the struggle for independence. It is a captivating story of a young woman's journey to find her place in the world and the challenges she faces along the way.1886. A noted novelist of more than 70 books. After her husband and two sons died of yellow fever, she moved to New York with her three daughters, $5.00, and faith in God, to start a new life. She published her first novel, Jan Vedder's Wife, which was an immediate success at the age of 53. A great advocate of Women's Rights, she was one of the earliest activists who campaigned for equal pay for women who performed equal jobs as men. Remember the Alamo is her best remembered work. A Daughter of Fife begins: On the shore of a little landlocked haven, into which the gulls and terms bring tidings of the sea, stands the fishing hamlet of Pittenloch. It is in the East Neuk o' Fife, that bit of old Scotland fronted with a girdle of little towns, of which Pittenloch is one of the smallest and the most characteristic. Some of the cottages stand upon the sands, others are grouped in a steep glen, and a few surmount the lofty sea-washed rocks.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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