Publisher's Synopsis
Christine: A Fife Fisher Girl is a novel written by Amelia E. Barr that tells the story of a young girl named Christine who lives in the coastal town of Fife in Scotland. Christine is the daughter of a fisherman and grows up in poverty, but she is determined to make a better life for herself. She is intelligent and hardworking, and she dreams of becoming a teacher. However, her plans are interrupted when she falls in love with a young man named Robert, who is also a fisherman. Robert is kind and caring, but he is also reckless and impulsive, and he often gets into trouble. Christine struggles to balance her love for Robert with her desire for a better life, and she must make some difficult choices along the way. The novel explores themes of love, sacrifice, and the struggle for social mobility in a time when class and gender roles were rigidly defined. Overall, Christine: A Fife Fisher Girl is a moving and poignant story of a young woman's journey to find her place in the world.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
