Author : Hesba Stretton
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 21,13 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Prayer
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In nineteenth-century London, a poor girl is befriended by the owner of a coffee stall who feeds her once a week and introduces her to God and prayer.
Author : Hesba Stretton
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Adoption
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Author : Hesba Stretton
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 42,44 MB
Release : 2023-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Hesba Stretton, a prominent 19th-century English author, penned the heartwarming tale 'Jessica's First Prayer; and, Jessica's Mother'. This book follows the story of a young girl named Jessica who, through adversity and struggle, finds comfort and strength in her unwavering faith. Stretton's literary style is characterized by a blend of sentimentalism and moral teaching, making this book a popular choice for readers interested in uplifting and inspiring stories. Set in Victorian England, the book provides a glimpse into the social and religious norms of the time, while also exploring universal themes of love, faith, and resilience. Hesba Stretton, known for her Christian values and charitable work, drew inspiration from her own experiences with poverty and adversity to write 'Jessica's First Prayer'. The author's deep empathy and compassion for the less fortunate shine through in her storytelling, making her a beloved figure in Victorian literature. Stretton's dedication to highlighting the power of faith and kindness is evident in every page of this timeless classic. I highly recommend 'Jessica's First Prayer; and, Jessica's Mother' to readers seeking a touching and uplifting story that celebrates the strength of the human spirit. Hesba Stretton's poignant narrative and timeless themes of faith and hope are sure to resonate with audiences of all ages.
Author : Sarah Smith
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Fiction
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Author : Elaine Lomax
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1351880217
Highly respected as a writer by critics and commentators, Hesba Stretton (1832-1911) was a vigorous campaigner for the rights of oppressed minorities and a founding member of the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Though she is known today primarily as a writer of evangelical fiction for young people, including Jessica's First Prayer, this characterization fails to acknowledge the extensive range of her writings and social activism. Elaine Lomax re-examines Stretton's writing for children and adults, situating her body of work within the broad social and cultural context of its production to expose the depth and complexity of Stretton's engagement with contemporary ideas, debates, and discourses. Mining nineteenth-century periodicals, archival materials, and the minutes of the Religious Tract Society, as well as Stretton's own revealing log books, Lomax demonstrates Stretton's preoccupation with those at the bottom or on the margins of society. At the same time, she advances our understanding of the intersection of cultural and literary representations of the child and childhood with wider images of the colonized or excluded, and our knowledge of the history and development of juvenile literature and women's writing.
Author : Hesba Stratton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1137341130
Jessica's First Prayer and Froggy's Little Brother are exemplars of the 'street arab' story, a genre that flourished in Victorian Britain in response to child poverty and destitution. This critical edition features the original texts of the first editions, and examines the stories through a critical lens and in their historical context.
Author : Sarah Smith
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 20,51 MB
Release : 1865
Category :
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Author : Jessica
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 1867
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Author : Hesba Stretton
Publisher :
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 2013-02-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781935626763
In this sequel to "Jessica's First Prayer," Jessica, Daniel and the minister were at the church when a tragedy occurred. Daniel went home and discovered Jessica's mother crouching on his doorsill. She looked like a heap of rags and defiantly demanded Jessica. Daniel grew spiritually closer to God as he sought to know how Jesus might respond. This edition includes the five illustrations from the initial publication of Jessica's Mother in "Sunday at Home" magazine in 1867.
Author : Elizabeth Thiel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,52 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1135861153
The myth of the Victorian family remains a pervasive influence within a contemporary Britain that perceives itself to be in social crisis. Nostalgic for a golden age of "Victorian values" in which visions of supportive, united families predominate, the common consciousness, exhorted by social and political discourse, continues to vaunt the "traditional, natural" family as the template by which all other family forms are gauged. Yet this fantasy of family, nurtured and augmented throughout the Victorian era, was essentially a construct that belied the realities of a nineteenth-century world in which orphanhood, fostering, and stepfamilies were endemic. Focusing primarily on British children's texts written by women and drawing extensively on socio-historic material, The Fantasy of Family considers the paradoxes implicit to the perpetuation of the domestic ideal within the Victorian era and offers new perspectives on both nineteenth-century and contemporary society.
