# Five years of youth Author: Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71156 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Five+years+of+youth+Martineau&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Near the small town of A——, distant thirty miles from London, stood a farm-house, surrounded by a few acres of well-cultivated ground. There was a green before the door; and in the midst of the green stood an old elm, and under the elm was a pump. There was a sort of basin under the pump, and there were gathered together the goslings as soon as hatched, leaving the large pond in the farm-yard for the use of the ducks and ducklings, and the larger birds of their own race. There were hen-coops placed on the grass, which were furnished with an abundant population; and there was a constant fluttering of wings about the pigeon-house, where the old ones of the flock would perch at one of the en... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/five-years-of-youth-71156/chapters/12/index.md)