{"product_id":"2940013553804","title":"A Houseful Of Girls","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP.                                                       PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. A FLUTTER IN THE DOVE-COT                                1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II. THE \"COUP DE GRÂCE\"                                     20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE HEADS OF THE HOUSE LOOK GRAVE                       35\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV. THE CRASH                                               54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V. PROMOTION                                               72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI. THE CLOUD DEEPENS                                       81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII. ROSE GOES WEST AND ANNIE GOES EAST                     106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII. STANDING AND WAITING                                   122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX. A WILFUL DOG WILL HAVE HIS WAY                         136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X. LIFE IN AN HOSPITAL WARD                               157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI. MRS. JENNINGS AND HER DAUGHTER HESTER                  182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII. A YOUNG ARTIST'S EXPERIENCE                            188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII. MR. ST. FOY'S AND THE MISSES STONE'S                   196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. THE OLD TOWN, WITH ITS AIR STAGNANT YET TROUBLED.\u003cbr\u003e       IS MAY TO BECOME A SCHOLAR OR A SHOP-GIRL?             214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV. TOM ROBINSON TAKEN INTO COUNSEL                        234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI. ROSE'S FOLLY AND ANNIE'S WISDOM                        257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII. MAY HAS TO FIGHT HER OWN BATTLE                        288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. DORA IS THE NEXT MESSENGER WITH BAD TIDINGS            316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX. THE UNEMPLOYED--A FAMILIAR FACE                        322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XX. REDCROSS AGAIN                                         342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXI. MISS FRANKLIN'S MISTAKE                                363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXII. A SHRED OF HOPE                                        382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. SECOND THOUGHTS AND LAST WORDS                         392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA HOUSEFUL OF GIRLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA FLUTTER IN THE DOVE-COT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs there any sensation equal to that produced by the first lover and\u003cbr\u003ethe first proposal coming to a girl in a large family of girls? It is\u003cbr\u003edelightfully sentimental, comical, complimentary, affronting, rousing,\u003cbr\u003etiresome--all in one. It is a herald of lovers, proposals, and wonderful\u003cbr\u003echanges all round. It is the first thrill of real life in its strong\u003cbr\u003epassions, grave vicissitudes, and big joys and sorrows as they come\u003cbr\u003ein contact with idle fancies, hearts that have been light, simple\u003cbr\u003eexperiences which have hitherto been carefully guarded from rude shocks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt does not signify much whether the family of girls happen to be rich\u003cbr\u003eor poor, unless indeed that early and sharp poverty causes a precocity\u003cbr\u003ewhich deepens girls' characters betimes, and by making them sooner\u003cbr\u003ewomen, robs them of a certain amount of the thoughtlessness,\u003cbr\u003efearlessness, and impracticability of girlhood. But girlhood, like many\u003cbr\u003eanother natural condition, dies hard; and its sweet, bright illusions,\u003cbr\u003eits wisdom and its folly, survive tolerably severe pinches of adversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe younger members of such a sisterhood are politely supposed to be\u003cbr\u003ekept in safe ignorance of the great event which is befalling one of the\u003cbr\u003eseniors. It is thought at once a delicate and prudent precaution to\u003cbr\u003eprevent the veil which hides the future, with its casualties, from being\u003cbr\u003elifted prematurely and abruptly, where juvenile minds are concerned,\u003cbr\u003elest they become unhinged and unfit for the salutary discipline of\u003cbr\u003eschoolroom lessons, and the mild pleasure of schoolroom treats. The\u003cbr\u003eflower in the bud ought to be kept with its petals folded, in its\u003cbr\u003einnocent absence of self-consciousness, to the last moment.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145696657648,"sku":"2940013553804","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013553804_p0.jpg?v=1763582286","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013553804","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}