Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“It was Phebe, poor little Phebe, who never had a home, never knew the love of father or mother, brother or sister”
- Date
- 1875
- Local voice
- Narrator voice · Narrator
Meaning of “It was Phebe, poor little Phebe, who never…”
Phebe’s exclusion from ordinary family relationships makes the household’s sense of home visible by contrast and deepens Rose’s awareness of what belonging provides.
Where does it come from?
Eight Cousins; Or, The Aunt-Hill, Chapter 19, Project Gutenberg #38567. Narrator description contrasts Phebe's childhood without family with the Campbell household around her.
Why the local voice matters
Narrator description of Phebe’s childhood in Eight Cousins.
