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For readers who enjoy quiet, affectionate Victorian family stories, and anyone who loves books about grandparents and children, small adventures and lessons in kindness.
Che cos’è questo libro
Grandmother Dear is a children's story by Mrs. Molesworth, the pen name of the English writer Mary Louisa Molesworth. She wrote it in the Victorian period, when she was building a name as an author of books for young readers. It is a book about family life seen at the height of a child's affection, and it centres on the love between grandchildren and an older woman who matters to them above anyone else.
In the next few minutes you will hear what kind of book this is and what its pages tend to offer. You will meet the habits of the Victorian nursery, the place of a grandmother in a child's world, and the gentle lessons that writers like Molesworth liked to teach. Let us begin with the bond that gives the book its title.
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- 1A grandmother stands at the heartFree
- 2The Victorian nursery shapes daily life
- 3Small adventures matter to children
- 4Love teaches quiet lessons
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A grandmother stands at the heart
The title tells you where the book puts its warmth. In Victorian family life, a grandmother often held a special place. She was older than the parents, and she had time that busy parents did not always have. She could be a source of comfort, of stories, and of steady good sense.
Molesworth wrote for children, and she understood how a child sees the grown people around them. A parent may be firm, a nurse may be strict, but a grandmother can be a haven. Books of this kind show the child looking up to her, trusting her, and wanting to please her.
For a reader today, the pleasure lies in watching that trust at work. Affection here is shown in small things, a welcome at the door, a word of praise, a quiet correction given kindly. The book asks you to value those ordinary acts, because the children in such stories value them most.
That’s 1 of 4 key points.
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