Books with author Charlotte Maria Tucker

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...There seemed a chill over all the assembly, and no one was more painfully sensible of this than Mr. Eardley himself. "Why does the good man not speak to me, as he always does," thought Edith when the. service had come to an end. She hoped that her father would break the silence, but he only bowed slightly and stiffly to Mr. Eardley, and taking hold of the hand of his child, went forth from the cottage. Edith, feeble, and constrained by the iron frame-work which she constantly wore,-could scarcely by painful efforts keep pace with the long strides of her father. "Papa," she ventured at length to say, "how did you like the lecture?" "Only fit for children," said the baronet shortly. "Do you mean for the children of light?" Sir Digby deigned no reply to the question; perhaps he scarcely understood it. "I say, Ned," observed Parker to young Holdich, who, about an hour afterwards, was employed in laying some new turf on the mount of the Walhalla; "I don't take it that Sir Digby was mighty well pleased with that lecture of the parson. I never took my eyes off his face, and though of course he sat it out, he looked as stern and cold as that statue of the knight which is waiting to be hoisted up yonder. He'd think the parson was preaching at him." "He had no reason to think that," said Ned; "Mr. Eardley didn't even know that he would attend, and that part about Nebuchadnezzar came in the regular order of the history." "I'd have skipped it, had I been the parson," laughed Parker, "there's little chance of his ever having Sir Digby as his hearer again: nor me neither, for the matter of that, a little of that sort of thing goes a great way with me: one hour in a cr...

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Tucker (1821-93) was a prolific writer for adults and children who used the pseudonym A.L.O.E. (A Lady of England). Late in life she spent a period as a volunteer missionary in India where she died. Her father was twice elected chairman of the East India Company and she had a secular upbringing in London, her first writings being poems and plays to amuse the family. In 1847 she took charge of the education of her brother's three children and her earliest published work The Claremont Tales (1852) was, she said, "originally composed for young children under my charge". Her work as a children's writer was imbued with her Evangelical religious beliefs and most of her stories were allegories with a clear moral which were rendered with a degree of realism. Much of her output of over 150 titles appeared first in magazines before being collected into books and she often devoted the proceeds from her writing to missionary or charity work. Her realistic portrayals of the poor were undoubtedly drawn from her experience as a workhouse visitor. In 1875, aged 54 and having taught herself Hindustani, she set out for India where she worked as a self-supporting volunteer missionary to Amritsar, Punjab, through the Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society. Three years later she moved to nearby Batala where she worked in a boys' school and as a teacher of Christian beliefs to native women. Many of her most interesting stories are set in India and some were translated into Indian languages.

Twins Constantine and Adolphus who are both 10 years old, are bothered to be sent out to a private teacher in the country. Their fate seems depraved when they got together with their host and his family, with his wife, his son Aleck - who fancies himself as the top student - and his two young daughters. Above it all, they are required to study. They almost have no time for playing and it looks like they could not even play outside with the farm animals, and the worst of all, they cannot eat a second dinner. This metaphorical story can be an artless, wonderful story or a moral lesson to all of us. The story is categorized as Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Family, and Religion. The Giant-Killer contains these meaningful chapters: The Arrival, First Impressions, Giant Sloth, Giant Selfishness, Giant Untruth, Trials And Troubles, Sunday At Dove's Nest, Giant Hate, Fair Gratitude, The Pleasure Excursion, The Prisoner In Darkness, and Giant Pride. Charlotte Maria Tucker was an outstanding author and poet both for children and grownups, who wrote using the pen name A.L.O.E., or, A Lady of England. In her later years, she volunteered to serve as a missionary in India, where she died. Charlotte Tucker was born at Friern Hatch near Friern Barnet, Middlesex. She was the daughter of Henry St George Tucker who was twice elected chairman of the British East India Company, and his wife Jane Boswell, the daughter of an Edinburgh author of the signet. Her family fled to London in 1822. Her father was also a writer, he wrote books of Tragedies: Harold and Camoens. Most of Charlotte's very inspiring novels are situated in India. A few were interpreted into Indian dialects. She worked in India as a volunteer missionary to Amritsar, Punjab, through the Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.