A Christmas Child - Molesworth
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"A Christmas Child" by Mrs. Molesworth is a heartwarming novel that revolves around the themes of family, love, and the spirit of Christmas. The story follows the journey of the protagonist, Mignon, a young orphan girl who finds herself in a world of challenges and uncertainties. Mignon, an imaginative and spirited child, lives with her elderly aunt, Miss Betty, in a modest cottage. Their life is simple but filled with warmth and affection. However, their circumstances change when Miss Betty's health begins to deteriorate, and Mignon is sent to live with her distant relatives, the Gainsboroughs, who reside in a grand house called Rosendale."…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
"A Christmas Child" by Mrs. Molesworth is a heartwarming novel that revolves around the themes of family, love, and the spirit of Christmas. The story follows the journey of the protagonist, Mignon, a young orphan girl who finds herself in a world of challenges and uncertainties. Mignon, an imaginative and spirited child, lives with her elderly aunt, Miss Betty, in a modest cottage. Their life is simple but filled with warmth and affection. However, their circumstances change when Miss Betty's health begins to deteriorate, and Mignon is sent to live with her distant relatives, the Gainsboroughs, who reside in a grand house called Rosendale."
Autorenporträt
Mary Louisa Molesworth, née Stewart (1839 - 1921) was an English writer of children's stories who wrote for children under the name of Mrs Molesworth. Her first novels, for adult readers, Lover and Husband (1869) to Cicely (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of Ennis Graham. Her name occasionally appears in print as M. L. S. Molesworth. She was born in Rotterdam, a daughter of Charles Augustus Stewart (1809-1873) who later became a rich merchant in Manchester and his wife Agnes Janet Wilson (1810-1883). Mary had three brothers and two sisters. She was educated in Great Britain and Switzerland: much of her girlhood was spent in Manchester. In 1861 she married Major R. Molesworth, nephew of Viscount Molesworth; they legally separated in 1879. Mrs Molesworth is best known as a writer of books for the young, such as Tell Me a Story (1875), Carrots (1876), The Cuckoo Clock (1877), The Tapestry Room (1879) and A Christmas Child (1880). She has been called "the Jane Austen of the nursery," while The Carved Lions (1895) "is probably her masterpiece." In the judgement of Roger Lancelyn Green: "Mary Louisa Molesworth typified late Victorian writing for girls. Aimed at girls too old for fairies and princesses but too young for Austen and the Brontës, books by Molesworth had their share of amusement, but they also had a good deal of moral instruction. The girls reading Molesworth would grow up to be mothers; thus, the books emphasized Victorian notions of duty and self-sacrifice."