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The Wide, Wide WorldSusan Warner

The Wide, Wide World

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Original author: Susan Warner

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"The Wide, Wide World" by Susan Warner is a novel published in 1850 under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. When young Ellen Montgomery's dying mother must leave for Europe, Ellen is sent to live with a harsh, unfamiliar aunt. Heartbroken and alone, she finds guidance through new friends who teach her Christian faith and resilience. But as Ellen grows stronger, she faces separation from those she loves and pressure from possessive relatives who want to erase her identity entirely.

The Wide, Wide World, by Susan Warner. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #18689.

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52 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Breaking the News2,836 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Gives sorrow to the winds4,970 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: The worth of a Finger-Ring4,808 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: The Bitter-sweet of Life2,782 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: A peep into the Wide World5,786 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: Night and Morning4,268 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: "Strangers walk as friends."5,149 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: Leaves us in the Street5,333 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: The little Queen in the Arm-Chair5,654 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: Mud — and what came of it5,828 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: Running away with the brook4,207 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Splitters3,132 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: Hope deferred2,973 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: Work not deferred3,691 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: Mother earth rather than aunt Fortune4,773 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: Counsel, Cakes, and Captain Parry6,044 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: Difficulty of doing right5,083 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: Loses care on the cat's back5,642 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX3,449 words
  20. 20.Chapter XX: Head-sick and heart-sick6,477 words
  21. 21.Chapter XXI: Footsteps of Angels5,331 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXII3,619 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXIII3,215 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIV: Sweeping and dusting4,038 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXV5,343 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXVI: Sundry things round a pot of chocolate6,374 words
  1. 27.Chapter XXVII: The jingling of sleigh-bells3,906 words
  2. 28.Chapter XXVIII: Scraps of Morocco and talk4,261 words
  3. 29.Chapter XXIX2,957 words
  4. 30.Chapter XXX: Sunday at Ventnor3,418 words
  5. 31.Chapter XXXI: Flowers and Thorns5,233 words
  6. 32.Chapter XXXII: The Bank-Note and George Washington3,454 words
  7. 33.Chapter XXXIII: A gathering cloud in the spring weather3,573 words
  8. 34.Chapter XXXIV: The cloud overhead5,356 words
  9. 35.Chapter XXXV: "This working-day world."7,977 words
  10. 36.Chapter XXXVI: The Brownie3,949 words
  11. 37.Chapter XXXVII: Timothy and his master5,577 words
  12. 38.Chapter XXXVIII4,917 words
  13. 39.Chapter XXXIX: Halcyon days5,778 words
  14. 40.Chapter XL: "Prodigious!"3,751 words
  15. 41.Chapter XLI: "The clouds return after the rain."4,384 words
  16. 42.Chapter XLII: One less in the wide, wide world4,521 words
  17. 43.Chapter XLIII: Those that were left4,512 words
  18. 44.Chapter XLIV6,830 words
  19. 45.Chapter XLV: The Guardian Angel5,785 words
  20. 46.Chapter XLVI: "Something turns up."6,671 words
  21. 47.Chapter XLVII: The wide world grown wider5,515 words
  22. 48.Chapter XLVIII6,820 words
  23. 49.Chapter XLIX: Thought is free4,427 words
  24. 50.Chapter L: Trials without4,396 words
  25. 51.Chapter LI: Trials within3,797 words
  26. 52.Chapter LII: "Thou!"5,829 words