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Peter's Mother

De La Pasture, Henry, Mrs., 1866-1945Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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English Originals Family Stories Family LoveFate and FortuneFamily EthicsFamily BondsLove EntanglementsMother-Child LoveHuman NatureMoral DilemmaHeartwarming NarrativeFemale Perspective

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.Peter's Mother by Mrs. Henry De La PastureAuthor: De La Pasture, Henry, Mrs., 1866-1945,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Dec 1, 2003

Editor's review

This novel by the British author Mrs. Henry de la Pasture belongs to the tradition of domestic and sentimental narrative in English literature. It centers on parent-child relations and family ethics, and the title itself signals that the core is the figure of the mother and her influence on her children's fate. As early twentieth-century women's writing, it preserves the period's fine-grained observation of emotional tensions within the family; dialogue and scene-setting serve the presentation of character. For readers studying the evolution of the mother figure in English literature, or interested in late Victorian to Edwardian domestic fiction, the book offers a moderate-length, plainly written textual sample. While reading, note how narrative perspective shapes understanding and misunderstanding between mother and child, and how social norms implicitly constrain family decisions. The Project Gutenberg public-domain e-book is easy to search and cite, making it suitable as a course supplement or supporting material for comparative literature research.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Literature students studying English domestic fiction and the mother figure
  • General readers interested in early twentieth-century British women's writing
  • Learners who need a public-domain English text for textual analysis or coursework
  • Readers who enjoy classic novels with plain plots centered on character relationships

Not a good fit for

  • Readers of popular fiction seeking strong plot twists or fast-paced narrative
  • Parents looking for modern parenting guidance or practical psychology advice
  • Readers who need a Chinese translation and are not used to reading English originals

Reading tips

  1. Read the whole book first to grasp the overall arc of the mother-child relationship, then return to key dialogue passages.
  2. While reading, note how the mother figure changes across chapters and trace the author's techniques of characterization.
  3. Compare with contemporary English domestic novels to identify shared traits and differences in the mother role.
  4. Use the e-book's search function to locate family scenes and conflict passages for thematic skimming.

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

Contents

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FAQ

Is the English difficulty of this book suitable for non-native readers?
The language is early twentieth-century English novel prose; sentence structure and vocabulary are generally plain, though with period-specific expressions. Readers with college-level English can work through it with a dictionary; if reading for research, familiarize yourself first with the historical background and common narrative patterns of domestic fiction before close reading.
What are the practical features of the Project Gutenberg edition?
It is a public-domain e-book, freely available and convenient for full-text search, copying and citation, and classroom distribution. It usually preserves the original text without modern notes or introductions, so readers must supply author background and historical context themselves; it suits readers capable of independent research.
Do I need to know the author's biography before reading?
Not necessarily. The novel centers on family and parent-child relations, and the core plot is understandable without biographical knowledge. If you wish to situate the work in the tradition of women's writing, a brief look at the author's era and creative background can aid understanding, but it is not a prerequisite for reading.

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About the author

De La Pasture, Henry, Mrs., 1866-1945 Author · British · 1866–1945

Mrs. De La Pasture (1866–1945), born Henry De La Pasture, was a British novelist and the mother of the writer E. M. Delafield. Public information about her life and work is limited; only one of her works, Peter's Mother, is held in this collection, while The Unlucky Family is also frequently cited as a representative work. Her novels mostly draw on family life and the upbringing of children, written in a gentle and often humorous style, and she was skilled at portraying character and feeling through everyday domestic details, earning her a place in early twentieth-century British popular fiction. As a mother and writer, her literary interests also indirectly influenced her daughter's path in literature, offering later readers a useful example for studying family-themed fiction in Britain at the time.

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