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A newly arrived young minister in a small village confronts unpaid salary and relies on determined local women who organize a church fair to support him; the narrative follows parish life as neighbors negotiate appearances, obligations, and rivalries. Through interwoven episodes and character sketches the story examines the moral ambiguities of charity and social performance, the domestic exertions and subtle authority of women within community rituals, and the personal costs of pride, secrecy, and compassion among tightly linked households.

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Title: An Alabaster Box

Author: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Florence Morse Kingsley

Illustrator: Stockton Mulford

Release date: April 10, 2006 [eBook #18140]
Most recently updated: March 29, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Jeff Kaylin and Andrew Sly

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ALABASTER BOX ***

An
Alabaster Box

By
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
and
Florence Morse Kingsley

Illustrated by
Stockton Mulford

D. Appleton and Company
New York London
1917

......There came a woman, having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious; and she broke the box.....


Contents

CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.