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The volume gathers short stories, sketches, and poems portraying rural and coastal life through a series of compact narratives and lyrical pieces. Episodes range from domestic scenes and small-community gossip to tensions over property, social standing, and personal conscience, alongside sea‑going adventures and humane character studies. Emphasis falls on detailed observation of manners, interior lives, and moral choices, rendered in descriptive, sometimes sentimental prose. The collection shifts in tone between humor and pathos, alternating anecdote and reflection to evoke the landscapes, customs, and everyday pressures that shape its cast of figures.

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Title: Between Whiles

Author: Helen Hunt Jackson

Release date: January 1, 2004 [eBook #10756]
Most recently updated: October 28, 2024

Language: English

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Between Whiles.

by

Helen Jackson (H. H.)

Author of
"Ramona," "A Century of Dishonor," "Verses," "Sonnets and Lyrics,"
"Glimpses of Three Coasts," "Bits of Travel," "Bits of Travel at Home,"
"Zeph," "Mercy Philbrick's Choice," "Hetty's Strange History,"
"Bits of Talk about Home Matters," "Bits of Talk for Young Folks,"
"Nelly's Silver Mine," "Cat Stories."

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