Alone in London, by Hesba Stretton

Alone in London, by Hesba Stretton

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"[...]for a few minutes on the door-sill, while old Oliver looked anxiously up and down the alley. At the greengrocer's next door there flared a bright jet of gas, and the light shone well into the deepening darkness. But there was no woman in sight, and the only person about was a ragged boy, barefoot and bareheaded with no clothing but a torn pair of trousers, very jagged about the ankles, and a jacket through which his thin shoulders displayed themselves. He was lolling in the lowest window-sill of the house opposite, and watched Oliver and the little girl looking about them with sundry signs of interest and amusement. [...]".

Alone in London, by Hesba Stretton

• Published on: 2015-03-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x .16" w x 6.00" l, .20 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 68 pages

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. The Power of Love By Chatelaine Alone in London follows the lives of two people, and a third is intertwined with them. Mr. Oliver is an old man whose hasty words years ago had driven away his only surviving child. His health and faculties are deteriorating, but when he finds a precious little girl abandoned outside his shop, he is more than willing to take her in. When he finds the note in her pocket identifying her as his granddaughter, he is anxious to do what he can for her, and is delighted at the thought of being reconciled with his daughter.Tony is an orphan who has been living wherever he can, and was captivated by Dolly, Mr. Oliver's granddaughter, when he saw her outside the shop. Even though he had nothing of his own, he volunteered to take care of her if Mr. Oliver should refuse to take her. Mr. Oliver gave him a place to sleep under a counter in his tiny shop, and Tony came every day to see little Dolly. He noticed that Mr. Oliver's eyesight and memory was failing, and he began to help him get his shop going in the morning, and remind him of necessary things. He especially liked to hear Mr. Oliver tell of his Master, the Lord Jesus. Tony had never heard of such a wonderful employer, and wondered if he could work for him sometime. When Mr. Oliver's sister came to visit, she was appalled that her grandniece was associating with a barefoot beggar, and sent Tony away, and he was alone in London again. We follow his fortunes, and see the workings of his heart, all in the care of the Lord Jesus Christ.The reader will be touched by the poignancy of the love these characters share for each other, and inspired by the simple devotion of Mr. Oliver to his Master. Hesba Stretton has written of similar situations and conditions to those of Charles Dickens, but while his works are dark and depressing, hers are serious, yet bright with hope. When Mr. Oliver takes his dying Dolly to the charity children's hospital, and is told there is no room for her, he cries, "Dear Lord, there's room for only seventy-five of Thy little lambs that are pining and wasting away in every dark street and alley like mine. Whatever can Thy people be thinking about? They've got their own dear little children, who are ill sometimes, spite of all their care. They can send for the doctor, and do all that's possible, never looking at the money it costs. But when they are well again they never think of the poor little ones who are sick and dying, with nobody to help them or care for them as I care for this little one. Oh, Lord, Lord! Let my little love live! Yet Thou knows what is best, and Thou'lt do what is best. Thou loves her more than I do."A book for young and old, this will touch the reader's heart, and may change his life.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Life Changing By S. Boden I am so glad this book has been reprinted so that many more people can have the joy of reading it.I read this book when I was a child. It belonged to my immigrant grandmother. I never forgot the experience, although the details of the book escaped my memory. I remembered that it touched my heart in an eternal way.As an adult, I was given the book as a gift from my brother, who found an out-of-print copy. As soon as I saw the color of the cover of the book, I knew instantly that it was THAT book! I opened up the book and read a short paragraph that brought tears to my eyes and answers to the question of why this book had such a life changing impact on my life. The book was a divinely positioned gift given to me, not just once in my life, but twice.I highly recommend the book to any child or adult who needs to hear a timeless story of love.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Please read this book you will not be sorry! By Oldies Fan A beautiful and touching story about human kindness and love without any expectation of a reward. I would recommend it to anyone who, like me, still enjoys a story which doesn't concentrate, like so many of them today, on everything base and awful in mankind. I could not put my kindle down until I had finished reading it, late into the night. Unfortunately many of the books written today seem to consist only of violence and explicit sex with nothing even remotely romantic or uplifting about them. I would like to thank Amazon for the availability in the online shop of so many of the old authors no longer available in book stores, Readers, if you like to feel uplifted after you have finished a good book I would certainly urge you to read this story

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