Ellen Montgomery’s mother is ill and her father has lost a lawsuit; when the doctors send her mother abroad, Ellen is left with a sharp, unloving aunt on a farm in rural New York. Through hard work, kind and unkind neighbours, and the guidance of new friends, she struggles to master her temper and hold on to the faith her mother taught her.
One of the first great American best-sellers of 1850, a landmark of the domestic novel. Download the free EPUB.