The Flower Bed of Eden from Torn From the Inside Out (Sara Niles)

The Flower Bed of Eden is the first chapter of Torn From the Inside Out, memoir of Sara Niles. At the age of 3 1/2, Sara was taken home by an elderly uncle to be raised by he and his elderly wife. From the age of 3 1/2 to Sara's preteen years, Sara lived in 'The Flower Bed of Eden' as her cousin Andrew was fond of s...

David Copperfield

The Red Badge of Courage

Great Expectations (1861)

On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive olde...