# The brave little maid of Goldau

Author: Jennings, Mary Elizabeth

Genre: Historical fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77374

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+brave+little+maid+of+Goldau+Jennings&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Throughout Switzerland, the summer of 1806 is always spoken of as “The wet Summer.” During May, June, and July, many and heavy showers fell, but in August it rained almost every day. In the Canton of Schwytz, the sky was so dark and forbidding that the clouds left the upper spaces, and chased each other quite down the mountain sides: and shut out the lovely little valley, which lay between Mount Rossberg and Mount Rigi, from the rest of the world. The people cared little for this, however, for was not the grass in the meadows on the mountain side as sweet as sweet could be? had the cows ever given richer milk? had ever such butter and cheese been made before, or so good a price received f...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-brave-little-maid-of-goldau-77374/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-brave-little-maid-of-goldau-77374/chapters/2/index.md)