The happiness of Hazelbrook by Charlotte Grace O'Brien
The happiness of Hazelbrook by Charlotte Grace O'Brien is a Victorian-era moral novella for young readers. The book centers on Christian duty, obedience, repentance, and the making of a happy home through faith, industry, and compassion. Widow Lawrence struggles to raise her children, with lively Katie tempted from duty to join village girls at a fair; caught in a storm, she is nearly killed, repents, and reforms. A smallpox outbreak follows, claiming
the reckless Dan Carter and Bessie Thompson, while Fanny Price survives and changes her life. Gentle Mabel Tracy from the great house brings comfort, Scripture, and an allegory of salvation to bedridden Nelly, who later dies peacefully in faith. A parallel tale unfolds as blind Granny Hale’s long-lost son Tom returns humbled after years of hardship and spiritual awakening, finds honest work, and restores his bond with his mother. Katie grows steady, sacrifices a chance at service to support home, and eventually marries Tom; Fanny takes the position and prospers. The story closes with the household secured by love, diligence, and trust in God. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read or download for free
For an overview of the different reading options, see our Reading Guide
| Reading Options | Url | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read now! | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045.html.images | 119 kB | |||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045.epub3.images | 456 kB | |||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045.epub.images | 456 kB | |||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045.epub.noimages | 106 kB | |||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045.kf8.images | 512 kB | |||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045.kindle.images | 498 kB | |||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78045.txt.utf-8 | 108 kB | |||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78045/pg78045-h.zip | 510 kB | |||
| There may be more files related to this item. | |||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | O'Brien, Charlotte Grace, 1845-1909 |
|---|---|
| Title | The happiness of Hazelbrook |
| Original Publication | London: Religious Tract Society, 1908. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Christian life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | England -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78045 |
| Release Date | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Most Recently Updated | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 5094 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |