Fleda Ringan is an 11 year old orphan who lives with her grandfather in Queechy, Vermont. After a tragic incident, Fleda has to live with her aunt in Paris, Mrs. Rossiter. She travels to Paris under the care of young Mr. Carleton and his mother, a rich Englishwomen. Every young man who meets Fleda loves her, but she adores only Mr. Carleton. Once Fleda's aunt Mrs. Rossiter looses all her money, they return to America where Fleda learns to farm and cook to support her family. Mr. Carleton is always around to help out but never utters a word about love to Fleda.
(Summary by Abigail Rasmussen)
Chapters
1 01 - Curtain Rises at Queechy 30 min 2 02 - Things Loom Out Dimly Through the Smoke 39 min 3 03 - You Amuse Me and I'll Amuse You 50 min 4 04 - Aunt Miriam 15 min 5 05 - As to Whether a Flower Can Grow in the Woods 25 min 6 06 - Queechy at Dinner 37 min 7 07 - The Curtain Falls Upon the Scene 27 min 8 08 - The Fairy Leaves the House 32 min 9 09 - How Mr. Carleton Happened to Be Not at Home 25 min 10 10 - The Fairy and the Englishman 31 min 11 11 - A Little Candle 33 min 12 12 - Spars Below 39 min 13 13 - The Fairy Peeps into an English House, but Does Not Stay There 33 min 14 14 - Two Bibles in Paris 35 min 15 15 - Very Literary 35 min 16 16 - Dissolving View - Ending with a Saw-Mill in the Distance 29 min 17 17 - Rain and Water - Cresses for Breakfast 18 min 18 18 - Mr. Rossitur's Wits Sharpened upon a Ploughshare 26 min 19 19 - Fleda Goes After Help and Finds Dr. Quackenboss 35 min 20 20 - Society in Queechy 34 min 21 21 - 'The Sweetness of a Man's Friend by a Hearty Counsel' 35 min 22 22 - Wherein a Great Many People Pay Their Respects in Form and Substance 35 min 23 23 - The Captain Out-Generalled by the Fairy 32 min 24 24 - A Breath of the World at Queechy 29 min 25 25 - 'As Good a Boy as You Need to Have' 22 min 26 26 - Pine Knots 33 min 27 27 - Sweet - In Its Consequences 42 min 28 28 - The Brook's Old Song - And the New 19 min 29 29 - Flighty and Unsatisfactory 25 min 30 30 - Disclosures - By Mr. Skillcorn 13 min 31 31 - Mr. Olmney's Cause Argued 21 min 32 32 - Sometimes Inconvenient 'From the Loophole of Retreat to Peep at Such a World' 41 min 33 33 - Fleda's White Muslin 25 min 34 34 - How the Fairy Engaged the Two Englishmen 33 min 35 35 - Fleda Forgets Herself 37 min 36 36 - The Roses and the Gentlemen 58 min 37 37 - 'An Unseen Enemy Round the Corner' 30 min 38 38 - The Fairy at Her Work Again 25 min 39 39 - A Night of Uncertain Length 36 min 40 40 - A Thorn Enters 33 min 41 41 - Dealings with the Press 25 min 42 42 - Ends with Sweet Music 31 min 43 43 - How Fleda Was Watched by Blue Eyes 20 min 44 44 - What Pleasant People One Meets in Society 27 min 45 45 - How Much Trouble One May Have about a Note 30 min 46 46 - Aromatic Vinegar 30 min 47 47 - The Fur Cloak on a Journey 41 min 48 48 - Quarrenton to Queechy 43 min 49 49 - Montepoole Becomes a Point of Interest 18 min 50 50 - The House on 'The Hill' Once More 29 min 51 51 - The First One That Left Queechy 28 min 52 52 - The Last Sunset There 25 min 53 53 - Fleda Alone on an Isthmus 22 min 54 54 - The Moorish Temple before Breakfast 50 min
