La petite Cady by Camille Pert
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"La petite Cady" by Camille Pert is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Cady, a vivacious young girl from a bourgeois family, who navigates a complex web of relationships within her household, marked by secrets, innocence, and encounters with the adult world. The novel appears to explore themes of childhood, education, and the impact of a morally ambiguous environment on young minds. At the start
of the story, we are introduced to a tense scene involving Cady and her mother, Mme Darquet, as they visit a judge following a crime that has occurred in their household. Cady's innocence is juxtaposed with the dark realities surrounding her, as she struggles to recount the events of the night of the crime, which involves her deceased governess. The narrative then transitions to Cady's everyday life at home, highlighting her interactions with her mother, her new governess, Mlle Armande, and the household staff, revealing a world infused with both affection and danger, as Cady begins to uncover the harsh truths hidden beneath her seemingly glamorous upbringing. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Pert, Camille, 1865-1952 |
|---|---|
| Title | La petite Cady |
| Original Publication | Paris: E. Mignot, 1914. |
| Credits | Laurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 73732 |
| Release Date | May 30, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 306 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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