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A humble young woman finds her modest choices and appearance subjected to intense scrutiny by a close-knit provincial community. The narrative follows how idle talk, rising social expectations, and the pressures of modern life progressively undermine her prospects and self-worth. Quiet, observational scenes of village routines and surrounding landscapes illuminate tensions between compassion and conformity, while the restrained telling emphasizes the small cruelties that accumulate into profound loss. The work examines innocence, dignity, and the emotional cost of exclusion without melodrama, tracing the subtle unraveling of a life under communal judgment.

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Title: The woollen dress

Author: Henry Bordeaux

Translator: Ruth Helen Davis

Release date: August 15, 2023 [eBook #71410]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Duffield & Company, 1912

Credits: Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WOOLLEN DRESS ***

THE
WOOLLEN DRESS

BY

HENRY BORDEAUX

AUTHOR OF “THE PARTING OF THE WAYS”

TRANSLATED BY

RUTH HELEN DAVIS

NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1912

Copyright, 1911, by
PLON-NOURRIT & CO.


Copyright, 1912, by
DUFFIELD & COMPANY