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Streszczenie książki Rodzina Fairchildów
- 8 min czytania
- 10 parts
- Nagranie wkrótce
Lucy, Emily and Henry Fairchild learn from their parents, one fault and one lesson at a time.
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Rodzina Fairchildów — najważniejsze informacje
Streszczenie: 8 min czytania
- Czas czytania
- Około 8 h 45 min6 h 55 min fast, 10 h 20 min slow
- Długość
- Liczba słów: 124 500
- Poziom trudności w bibliotece
- Średni longer sentences, everyday words
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1818by Mary Martha Sherwood
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Rodzina Fairchildów in short
The book follows one family through a run of small crises, each built around a fault. Lucy envies a doll, Henry steals an apple, Emily takes damsons in secret, and all three misbehave when left alone. After each fall there is a confession, a talk with a parent and a prayer.
What Rodzina Fairchildów is about
What happens when three children are left alone for a single day with every good intention? In this book, Lucy, Emily and Henry Fairchild find out. The day ends with a swing, a torn coat and a sister lying on a barn floor with blood on her face.
The Fairchild Family was written by Mary Martha Sherwood, who died in 1851. Many episodes take a fault, such as envy or dishonesty, and show parents answering it with instruction and prayer. You get a close look at a household where love and discipline sit side by side.
Dla kogo. If you enjoy old family stories and quiet scenes of garden, lane and cottage, you will feel at home here. It suits anyone who likes faith woven into daily life.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A May birthday walk shows a home of kindness
The book opens with Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild, who live far from any town in a house with a garden full of fruit and flowers. Two servants, Betty and John, help them. Their three children, Lucy, Emily and Henry, are taught at home.
The children also work. The girls make their beds, polish the chairs and feed the chickens. Henry carries weeds out of the garden in a small basket. The parents pay for a school for poor boys and another for girls in the next village.
On Lucy's birthday in May, the family sets out with a basket of cake for the poor children. They visit the schools, then cross a meadow of primroses to Brookside Cottage, where old Nurse welcomes them. Dinner is spread on the grass. Lucy says that everyone has been kind and everything looks lovely.
A good home teaches by what it does on ordinary days.
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A mother's naughty childhood explains good principles
The next morning Henry hurries through his lessons because his mother has promised a story.
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Envy over a doll is cured by honesty and prayer
On a frozen winter morning, Emily walks to the village with her father and finds a bright ring on the road.
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Henry's stolen apple shows how sin grows slowly
A young apple tree opposite the parlor window bears two apples for the first time.
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One unwatched day shows the children's true hearts
For a long time the Fairchilds have kept their children under watch from morning to night.
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A rich neighbor's house stirs ambition in the girls
Twice a year, Sir Charles and Lady Noble invite the Fairchilds to spend the day.
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Emily's secret damsons teach that God sees everything
After the damsons are cooked and sealed in jars, Emily notices that one jar is tied loosely and she can reach the fruit.
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Visitors act as mirrors for besetting sins
One Sunday, Lucy brings home a sermon on besetting sins, the fault each person falls into most often.
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Tales within the tale put the lessons into other lives
Throughout the book, someone stops to tell a story.
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The book's voice and themes hold the family together
The book is told by a narrator who speaks straight to the reader.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Lucy Fairchild The eldest child, quick and thoughtful, who struggles with envy and wants to be good and to help her younger sister and brother.
- Emily Fairchild Lucy's gentle younger sister, easily pleased and easily tempted, who learns hard lessons about secrets and the truth.
- Henry Fairchild The youngest child, lively and bold, who loves helping John in the garden and often gets into trouble through high spirits.
- Mr. Fairchild The children's father, firm and fair, who punishes wrongdoing out of love and spends his days teaching, reading and helping neighbors.
- Mrs. Fairchild The children's mother, patient and wise, who tells stories of her own faults and prays with each child who goes wrong.
- John The family's loyal gardener and manservant, kind and good-natured, who tells the children to speak the whole truth.
- Mrs. Goodriche An old family friend who lives in a cottage beneath a hill and tells the children stories of Mrs. Howard.
- Bessy Goodriche Mrs. Goodriche's cheerful, careless niece, who talks without stopping and wants to do better but keeps tearing her clothes.
How it ends (spoiler)
Emily's cousin Ellen dies, and Mr. Fairchild inherits his brother's fortune and the house called The Grove. The children grieve at the thought of leaving their home, and their grandmother comes to live with them, telling the sad story of Evelyn Vaughan. The family decides to move at Michaelmas, taking John, Betty and the magpie. Mrs. Goodriche and Bessy are to live in the old house and keep it just as the children love it.
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Pytania o Rodzina Fairchildów
What is The Fairchild Family about?
It follows Lucy, Emily and Henry Fairchild and their parents in the English countryside. Many episodes show the children's faults, such as envy, lying or ambition, and their parents' responses through correction, kindness and prayer.
Who are the main characters in The Fairchild Family?
The main characters are the three children, Lucy, Emily and Henry, and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild. Other people include the servants Betty and John, old Mrs. Goodriche, her niece Bessy, and the rich Nobles and Darwells.
When was The Fairchild Family written?
Mary Martha Sherwood wrote it in the early nineteenth century for young readers. It is not a true story, but it draws on everyday home life and includes many tales told by the characters within the story.
Why does each chapter focus on a single fault?
Sherwood designs the book as a set of lessons. Several chapters explore faults such as envy or ambition, showing how they grow in children and how parents offer guidance. This keeps the book clear and easy to follow.
What is the main message of The Fairchild Family?
The main message is that real goodness comes from a changed heart, not just good behavior. Honesty, kindness to the poor and prayer are the remedies the book offers, and parents teach best by their own example.
Zacytuj to wydanie
Sherwood, Mary Martha. The Fairchild Family. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-fairchild-family.
Sherwood, M. M. (2026). The Fairchild family. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-fairchild-family (Original work published 1818)
Sherwood, Mary Martha. The Fairchild Family. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-fairchild-family.
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