Hathercourt

Mary Louisa MolesworthProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.0
Word count
699K words
Chapters
70

Tags

English Originals Foreign Literature Portrait GalleryFate and FortuneFamily BondsFamily SagaLove EntanglementsDaily ReflectionsPlantation LifeEnglish Countryside

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Hathercourt by Mrs. MolesworthAuthor: Molesworth, Mrs., 1839-1921,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Jul 9, 2013

Editor's review

Hathercourt is a work by Mrs. Molesworth, a late nineteenth-century British writer of children's literature, digitized by Project Gutenberg and made freely available to readers once more. Mrs. Molesworth was known for domestic subjects and children's stories; her narratives are typically gentle and nuanced, focusing on her characters' psychological and moral growth in everyday situations. The book serves as a sample of late Victorian British domestic fiction and children's literature, and is also suitable as graded reading material for English learners. Readers may wish to note how the author organizes the plot through family relationships, community interactions, and coming-of-age events, and how the narrative language reflects the period. As a public-domain ebook, the edition information is brief; readers are better served treating it as literary-historical material or a language reader than as a plot-driven popular novel.

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Reading tips

  1. First skim the chapter titles to grasp the family and coming-of-age throughline, then read chapter by chapter.
  2. Mark period expressions as you go, and look them up together after finishing each chapter.
  3. Read alongside other Victorian domestic novels to observe shared themes.

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book suitable for English beginners? Not really for complete beginners or elementary learners. The work dates from the nineteenth century, with period sentence patterns and vocabulary and a leisurely narrative pace; it suits intermediate and above readers with some English reading experience who are willing to adapt to classical expression.
Why does the edition information emphasize Project Gutenberg? Because this is a free public-domain ebook provided by Project Gutenberg. The project was founded by Michael Hart in 1971 to digitize and offer free ebooks. The note in the materials mainly describes this source, not the book's content itself.
Do I need to know the author's background before reading? Not necessarily, but knowing that Mrs. Molesworth chiefly wrote children's and domestic fiction helps in understanding the book's narrative orientation. Readers can note how family relationships and character growth are handled without relying on external research.

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About the author

Mary Louisa Molesworth Author · British · 1839–1921

Mrs. Molesworth (1839–1921), born Mary Louisa Molesworth, was an English writer of children's literature in the Victorian era. She was born in Rotterdam in 1839 and died in London in 1921, and was a prolific author; this site holds 57 of her works. Her representative books include The Cuckoo Clock, The Tapestry Room: A Child's Romance, Four Ghost Stories, The Carved Lions, Grandmother Dear: A Book for Boys and Girls, Christmas-Tree Land, and The Palace in the Garden. Her works are often classed as inspirational coming-of-age stories, usually centering on children and unfolding in settings where domestic life and fantasy intertwine. Her warm, delicate style combines imagination with a sense of everyday reality, and she has been called "the Jane Austen of the nursery." Public information is limited, but the sheer number of her works shows her lasting influence on child readers of her time.