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THE thing that I know least about is my beginning. For it is possible to introduce Ethel Rawdon in so many picturesque ways that the choice is embarrassing, and forces me to the conclusion that the actual circumstances, though common-place, may be the most suitable. Certainly the events that shape our lives are seldom ushered in with pomp or ceremony; they steal upon us unannounced, and begin their work without giving any premonition of their importance. Consequently Ethel had no idea when she returned home one night from a rather stupid entertainment that she was about to open a new and…mehr

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THE thing that I know least about is my beginning. For it is possible to introduce Ethel Rawdon in so many picturesque ways that the choice is embarrassing, and forces me to the conclusion that the actual circumstances, though common-place, may be the most suitable. Certainly the events that shape our lives are seldom ushered in with pomp or ceremony; they steal upon us unannounced, and begin their work without giving any premonition of their importance. Consequently Ethel had no idea when she returned home one night from a rather stupid entertainment that she was about to open a new and important chapter of her life. Hitherto that life had been one of the sweetest and simplest character-the lessons and sports of childhood and girlhood had claimed her nineteen years; and Ethel was just at that wonderful age when, the brook and the river having met, she was feeling the first swell of those irresistible tides which would carry her day by day to the haven of all days.
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Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr was an author and educator from Britain. Her stories mostly take place in England and Scotland. These scenes come from her memories of her childhood environment. Her writings include: Paul and Christina, Master of His Fate, The Household of McNeil, The Last of the Macallisters, Between Two Loves, She Loved a Sailor, A Daughter of Fife, The Squire of Sanddal Side, Jan Vedder's Wife, A Border Shepherdess, Feet of Clay, Friend Olivia, The Bow of Orange Ribbon, Remember the Alamo, The novels The Beads of Tasmer, The Hallam Succession, The Lone House, Christopher and Other Stories, A Sister to Esau, A Rose of a Hundred Leaves, A Singer from the Sea, and The Lost Silver of Briffault. Amelia Edith Huddleston was born on March 29, 1831 (but 1832 is also mentioned) in Ulverston, Lancashire, England. Her father was a Wesleyan clergyman named Reverend William Huddleston. She was raised in an environment of culture and sophistication and had an early interest in reading for education and entertainment.