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Three little maidsEthel Turner

Three little maids

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Original author: Ethel Turner

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"Three Little Maids" by Ethel Turner is a children's novel published in 1900. Three English sisters arrive in Australia with their mother, forced to live in difficult circumstances in an inland New South Wales town. There they encounter an Australian family: an overwhelmed mother, a distracted father, and five rowdy boys. Through this collision of worlds, the girls navigate adventures, hardships, and the complex journey from childhood toward maturity in their new country.

Three little maids, by Ethel Turner. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #70641.

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31 Chapters

  1. 1.Part I: Play Days138 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: Twelve O’ the Clock1,822 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: Pretending2,786 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: Family Matters1,409 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: A Winter Sunday2,268 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: Which Rushes Fourteen Thousand Miles Away2,722 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: ‘brownses’ House’1,208 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: A Way to Wealth1,422 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Pitiless London Streets3,458 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: Travels in Foreign Countries2,851 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Last Christmas in England2,561 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: ‘going Down to the Sea in Ships’1,690 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: Australia1,986 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: Moondi-Moondi3,491 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: Trying to Live1,373 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: ‘a Little Folding of the Hands to Sleep’2,031 words
  1. 17.Chapter XVI: The End of Play Days1,683 words
  2. 18.Chapter XVII: Rhyme and Rhythm1,209 words
  3. 19.Chapter XVIII: Ten at Table2,868 words
  4. 20.Chapter XIX: Gwendolen Trevallion and a Soldier Brave and True2,070 words
  5. 21.Chapter XX: The ‘german Sausage’ Land1,652 words
  6. 22.Chapter XXI: ‘good-Bye, Good-Bye!’1,698 words
  7. 23.Chapter XXII: The Writing-Room1,725 words
  8. 24.Chapter XXIII: Entirely Editorial2,218 words
  9. 25.Chapter XXIV: News From the Fatherland2,746 words
  10. 26.Chapter XXV: The Trials of Weenie333 words
  11. 27.Act II: Scene I1,314 words
  12. 28.Chapter XXVI: More Letters2,038 words
  13. 29.Chapter XXVII: Finance and Fashion1,983 words
  14. 30.Chapter XXVIII: One Glorious Hour2,694 words
  15. 31.Chapter XXIX: And Then No More3,089 words