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You will enjoy this book if you like warm Victorian family stories, sisters who quarrel and make up, old houses with gardens, and quiet questions about pride and honesty.
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Two girls and a small boy step from a hired carriage into a narrow brick house in a quiet English town. What can an old house in a lane called Robin Redbreast do for them?
Robin Redbreast was written by Mrs. Molesworth, and it belongs to the Victorian tradition of family stories for young readers. It follows Jacinth, Frances and their brother Eugene over several years. It asks what we owe to family, to strangers and to our own conscience when money is at stake.
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- 1Three children arrive at a stiff houseFree
- 2A thirsty boy and a name at the gate
- 3A letter, a garden party and a secret
- 4Castles in the air at Robin Redbreast
- 5The Harpers sink while the Mildmays rise
- 6Mamma comes home and pleads for strangers
- 7Lady Myrtle's plan and the Colonel's refusal
- 8Who has a claim on money and kindness
- 9Two kinds of honesty and a jealous heart
- 10How the story is told and what it uses
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Three children arrive at a stiff house
One late October evening, a hired carriage stops at Number 9 Market Square Place in Thetford. It brings Jacinth, who is fourteen, her sister Frances, who is twelve, and little Eugene, who is six or seven. With them comes their young uncle Marmaduke, whom everyone calls Uncle Marmy. All four wear mourning for the old lady who raised the children.
Their parents serve in India, and the children have not seen them for years. Now their father's sister, Miss Alison Mildmay, has agreed to take them in. She is a neat, dry woman who spends her days on charity work and has never raised a child.
The two sisters differ sharply. Jacinth is controlled, proud of good manners and good at hiding her feelings. Frances is warm, quick-tempered and blunt.
On the morning Marmy leaves, they stop at tall gates in an ivy wall. Behind it stands a red house with two round attic windows like watching eyes. Jacinth wishes aloud that her family could live there. A first goodbye and a first wish are tied to the same gate.
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Questions about Rouge-gorge
What is Robin Redbreast about?
It follows Jacinth, Frances and Eugene Mildmay, sent from Stannesley to their aunt in the town of Thetford. They befriend an old lady at Robin Redbreast and must choose between comfort and honesty when money and family loyalty collide.
Why is the house called Robin Redbreast?
It was once a coaching inn whose sign showed a robin. When the old inn was saved and made into a private home, the name stayed, and the bird became a symbol of welcome throughout the story.
Who are the Harpers in Robin Redbreast?
They are Bessie and Margaret, schoolfriends of Frances, and their family. Captain Harper is the lame nephew of Lady Myrtle, but she has cut off his branch of the family because of her wasteful brother Bernard.
Who wrote Robin Redbreast and when is it set?
Mrs. Molesworth wrote it, a Victorian author of children's stories who died in 1921. It is a made-up story set in English towns and, later, at the southern resorts of Basse and St Rémi.
Is Robin Redbreast easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that warm scenes take precedence over unexpected turns in the story. Short chapters, lively dialogue between the sisters and a friendly narrator make it easy to follow and pleasant to read aloud.
Cite this edition
Molesworth, Mrs. Robin Redbreast. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/robin-redbreast.
Molesworth, Mrs. (2026). Robin Redbreast. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/robin-redbreast (Original work published 1890)
Molesworth, Mrs. Robin Redbreast. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/robin-redbreast.
@book{molesworth2026robin,
author = {Molesworth, Mrs.},
title = {Robin Redbreast},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/robin-redbreast},
note = {First published 1890}
}
