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The Lamplighter

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A bestselling American sentimental novel of orphanhood, kindness, class mobility, education, and moral growth.

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The Lamplighter

The Lamplighter follows the orphan Gerty Flint from hardship toward affection, education, and moral self-command. Maria Susanna Cummins’s novel was a major nineteenth-century bestseller and remains an important example of American domestic and sentimental fiction.

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Maria Susanna Cummins died in 1866, and The Lamplighter was first published in 1854. These dates support the public-domain basis for the original English text used in this edition.

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The Lamplighter

Maria Susanna Cummins

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CHAPTER I.

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"Good God! to think upon a child

That has no childish days,

No careless play, no frolics wild,

No words of prayer and praise."

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02CHAPTER I.
  3. 03LIGHT IN DARKNESS.
  4. 04--LANDON.
  5. 05CHAPTER II.
  6. 06COMFORT AND AFFLICTION.
  7. 07CHAPTER III.
  8. 08THE LAW OF KINDNESS.
  9. 09CHAPTER IV.
  10. 10FIRST STEPS TO IMPROVEMENT.
  11. 11CHAPTER V.
  12. 12WHERE IS HEAVEN?
  13. 13CHAPTER VI.
  14. 14THE FIRST PRAYER.
  15. 15CHAPTER VII.
  16. 16TREASURED WRONGS.
  17. 17CHAPTER VIII.
  18. 18A NEW FRIEND.
  19. 19CHAPTER IX.
  20. 20MENTAL DARKNESS.
  21. 21CHAPTER X.
  22. 22AN EARTHLY MESSENGER OF PEACE.
  23. 23CHAPTER XI.
  24. 24PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE.
  25. 25part. Emily had, during the previous winter, heard her read
  26. 26CHAPTER XII.
  27. 27AN ADVENTURE AND A MISFORTUNE.
  28. 28CHAPTER XIII.
  29. 29BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS.
  30. 30CHAPTER XIV.
  31. 31THE MINISTERING ANGEL.
  32. 32CHAPTER XV.
  33. 33A NEW HOME.
  34. 34scene for her, and divert her thoughts. I'm thankful she has had such
  35. 35CHAPTER XVI.
  36. 36WHO ARE HAPPY?
  37. 37part in such perfect peace. O Gertrude! Gertrude! such a parting as that
  38. 38CHAPTER XVII.
  39. 39THE RULING PASSION CONTROLLED.
  40. 40CHAPTER XVIII.
  41. 41THE NURSE.
  42. 42CHAPTER XIX.
  43. 43CHANGES.
  44. 44act as guide, had rendered usual, and said, while she drew the shawl
  45. 45CHAPTER XX.
  46. 46FRUSTRATED PLANS.
  47. 47CHAPTER XXI.
  48. 48SELFISHNESS.
  49. 49CHAPTER XXII.
  50. 50A FRIEND IN AFFLICTION.
  51. 51CHAPTER XXIII.
  52. 52CARES MULTIPLIED.
  53. 53CHAPTER XXIV.
  54. 54THE VISION.
  55. 55CHAPTER XXV.
  56. 56MORE CHANGES.
  57. 57"SARAH H. ELLIS."
  58. 58"EMILY GRAHAM."
  59. 59part, and nothing would compel me to give you another opportunity
  60. 60"J. H. GRAHAM."
  61. 61"GERTRUDE FLINT."
  62. 62CHAPTER XXVI.
  63. 63JEALOUSY.
  64. 64CHAPTER XXVII.
  65. 65THE DISAPPOINTED WOOER.
  66. 66CHAPTER XXVIII.
  67. 67TRUE POLITENESS.
  68. 68scene," said she in a pathetic tone. "There was a piece of grassy
  69. 69CHAPTER XXIX.
  70. 70HAUTEUR.
  71. 71CHAPTER XXX.
  72. 72VANITY.
  73. 73CHAPTER XXXI.
  74. 74THE REJECTED.
  75. 75part of the evening at the house, they came to the conclusion that some
  76. 76CHAPTER XXXII.
  77. 77ENVY, HATRED, AND MALICE.
  78. 78CHAPTER XXXIII.
  79. 79TRAVEL AND A MYSTERY.
  80. 80CHAPTER XXXIV.
  81. 81A NEW ACQUAINTANCE.
  82. 82CHAPTER XXXV.
  83. 83THE ROCK OF AGES.
  84. 84CHAPTER XXXVI.
  85. 85THE INVISIBLE CHARM.
  86. 86part, I can get nothing to eat or drink until Miss Flint is served, and
  87. 87CHAPTER XXXVII.
  88. 88A SURPRISE.
  89. 89CHAPTER XXXVIII.
  90. 90THE STRICKEN DEER.
  91. 91CHAPTER XXXIX.
  92. 92A TALE OF SORROW.
  93. 93scene which I have neither the wish nor power to describe.
  94. 94CHAPTER XL.
  95. 95THE HOUR OF PERIL.
  96. 96CHAPTER XLI.
  97. 97SUSPENSE.
  98. 98"PHILLIP AMORY!"
  99. 99"GERTRUDE."
  100. 100CHAPTER XLII.
  101. 101TIES--NOT OF EARTH.
  102. 102CHAPTER XLIII.
  103. 103THE EXAMINATION.
  104. 104CHAPTER XLIV.
  105. 105THE LONG LOOKED-FOR RETURNED.
  106. 106CHAPTER XLV.
  107. 107THE FATHER'S STORY.
  108. 108part that Mr. Graham had borne in the transaction, or forgive the wicked
  109. 109introduction to Mrs. Graham, and, thanks to her unreserved conversation,
  110. 110CHAPTER XLVI.
  111. 111THE REUNION.
  112. 112CHAPTER XLVII.
  113. 113THE RECOMPENSE.
  114. 114CHAPTER XLVIII.
  115. 115ANCHORS FOR WORLD-TRIED SOULS.
  116. 116introduction to all but Emily; and that being accidentally omitted, he
  117. 117THE END

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