Daisy Burns V1: A Tale (1853)
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ISBN10: 1436817935
ISBN13: 9781436817936
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 29 2008
Pages: 308
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781436817936
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 29 2008
Pages: 308
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Daisy Burns V1: A Tale (1853) is a novel written by Julia Kavanagh. The story is set in the mid-19th century and follows the life of a young girl named Daisy Burns. Daisy is the daughter of a wealthy merchant who dies when she is still a child. Left alone with her mother, Daisy grows up in a world of privilege and luxury.Despite her comfortable upbringing, Daisy is a sensitive and thoughtful child who is deeply affected by the suffering of others. She becomes interested in charitable work and begins to devote herself to helping those less fortunate than herself.As she grows older, Daisy's life becomes more complicated. She falls in love with a young man named Arthur, but their relationship is threatened by the disapproval of her mother and the interference of other family members. Daisy also becomes involved in a scandal when she is accused of stealing a valuable necklace from a friend.Throughout the novel, Daisy struggles to find her place in the world and to reconcile her desire for love and happiness with her sense of duty and responsibility to others. The book is a poignant and insightful portrait of a young woman coming of age in a rapidly changing world.In Three Volumes.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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