Le Livre des Mères et des Enfants, Tome II by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14310.html.images 154 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14310.epub3.images 309 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14310.epub.images 310 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14310.epub.noimages 119 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14310.kf8.images 474 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14310.kindle.images 474 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14310.txt.utf-8 135 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14310/pg14310-h.zip 290 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline, 1786-1859
Title Le Livre des Mères et des Enfants, Tome II
Note Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Renald Levesque, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary "Le Livre des Mères et des Enfants, Tome II" by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore is a collection of stories written in various forms including prose and verse, likely during the mid-19th century. The book explores themes of motherhood, childhood, and the imaginative worlds children create, emphasizing emotional bonds and the innocence of youth through the interactions of a father, Mr. Sarrasin, and his daughters as they navigate their lives following the loss of their mother. The opening of the work introduces Mr. Sarrasin, a grieving father who strives to fulfill both parental roles after the passing of his wife. As he returns from a journey, he presents his four daughters with beautifully adorned dolls, which he encourages them to nurture as if they were their own children. The touching dynamics between the sisters and their dolls highlight the joys and challenges of motherhood from a child's perspective. This emotional complexity is further deepened by Mr. Sarrasin's observations of his daughters' different personalities while they engage playfully with their new companions. As the story unfolds, it hints at deeper themes of loss, love, and the tender bonds that define family life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Children's stories, French
Subject Children's poetry, French
Category Text
EBook-No. 14310
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 18, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 75 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!