Footprints: A story of the snow: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Footprints: A story of the snow is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Lyster, Annette (1831–1908).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Footprints : A story of the snow by Annette Lyster" is a Victorian-era children's moral novella, likely written in the late 19th century. Set on a Devonshire farm during a rare deep snowfall, it uses the snow—and the footprints it preserves and reveals—as a symbolic and literal means to uncover truth, explore guilt, and affirm repentance and forgiveness within a family. During a snowbound winter, the Marlowe children delight in outdoor play while their elderly kinsman Jasper grows agitated and resolves to tell a long-concealed story. He recounts his youth as Jasper Helps, adopted alongside the generous Harry Franks by stern Hugh Marlowe, and his jealous slide into debt and bad company. Persuaded by a rogue named Harper, Jasper enables a midnight theft from the household bureau; Harper kills the beloved sheepdog, and circumstantial signs point to innocent Harry, who is jailed. A thaw later re-exposes earlier footprints in the snow, tracing Jasper’s and Harper’s movements and proving Harry’s innocence, though Jasper has already fled and fallen ill before eventually being found, forgiven, and restored through Harry’s steadfast kindness. In the present, Jasper confesses everything to the children during the storm; when the thaw returns, he dies quietly, leaving them a clear lesson about pride, truth, and the mercy that follows honest repentance.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Footprints: A story of the snow
- Author credits: Lyster, Annette (1831–1908)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Christian life -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Courage -- Juvenile fiction
- Family -- Juvenile fiction
- Farmers -- Juvenile fiction
- Missing children -- Juvenile fiction
- Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
- Theft -- Juvenile fiction
- Uncles -- Juvenile fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Novels
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