Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a work of fiction written in the mid-19th century. This collection of stories revolves around themes of charity, kindness, and moral lessons, often exploring the lives of children and the virtues they exhibit. The narrative introduces several characters, including the main one, a little girl named Bertha, who contemplates the spirit of Christmas and its deeper values. The opening of the book sets a poignant scene on the night before Christmas, where winter snow swirls outside. Bertha is warm inside, pondering what gifts Santa Claus might bring her. The atmosphere is filled with excitement, but her thoughts take a turn as she realizes the challenges others may be facing during such a harsh winter night. This reflection leads her into a dream, where she encounters three spirit-like figures representing Faith, Hope, and Charity, each offering her profound gifts beyond material desires. This beginning establishes a foundation of thoughtfulness and compassion that is likely to echo throughout the stories to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Little Floy

My castle

Miss Henderson's Thanksgiving Day

Little Charlie

Bertha's Christmas vision

Wide-awake

The first tree planted by an ornamental tree society

The Royal Carpenter of Amsterdam

Our Gabriella

The veiled mirror

Summer hours

The prize painting

The child of the street

Lost and found

Geraldine

The Christmas gift

My picture

Gottfried the scholar

Innocence

Peter Plunkett's adventure.

Credits:

Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Notes:

Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2017-12-22