"Principle and Practice: The Orphan Family" by Harriet Martineau is a story about a group of orphaned siblings navigating life in the 1800's after their father, Mr. Forsyth, a merchant, passes away. The oldest sister, Jane, becomes the head of the family and feels overwhelmed by the responsibility of taking care of her younger siblings. Her brother, Charles, is a constant source of optimism and wants to make a difference. As they move into a new home, they also experience hardship, and Jane is focused on trying to keep the family together and making sure that they continue their studies. Overall, the prevailing themes center around the strength of family, how they overcome obstacles, and the difficulties associated with being orphaned in a struggling economy.
Principle and Practice: The Orphan Family
By Harriet Martineau
After losing their father, a family of orphaned siblings band together to face economic hardship, leaning on each other as the eldest sister struggles to keep them afloat and her younger brother dreams of a better future.
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About the AuthorHarriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rarely for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself. The young Princess Victoria enjoyed her work and invited her to her 1838 coronation. Martineau advised "a focus on all [society's] aspects, including key political, religious, and social institutions". She applied thorough analysis to women's status under men. The novelist Margaret Oliphant called her "a born lecturer and politician... less distinctively affected by her sex than perhaps any other, male or female, of her generation."
Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rarely for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself. The young Princess Victoria enjoyed her work and invited her to her 1838 coronation. Martineau advised "a focus on all [society's] aspects, including key political, religious, and social institutions". She applied thorough analysis to women's status under men. The novelist Margaret Oliphant called her "a born lecturer and politician... less distinctively affected by her sex than perhaps any other, male or female, of her generation."
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