Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 411 Bashkirtseff, Marie 1858 1884 Башкирцева, Мария Константиновна Bashkirsteff, Maria-Konstantinova Bachkirtsev, Marie Bashkirtseva, Marya Konstantinovna Safford, Mary J. (Mary Joanna) 1842 1916 Safford, Mary Joanna Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood) Produced by Steve Harris, Andrea Ball and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "From Childhood to Girlhood" by Marie Bashkirtseff is a collection of personal journals written in the late 19th century. The work chronicles the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of Marie Bashkirtseff, beginning from the age of twelve and capturing her transition into adolescence. The journals reflect her struggles with identity, love, and the societal expectations placed upon young women during her time. The opening of the journal introduces Marie as a precociously intelligent and sensitive girl living a "nomad life" due to her family's travels across cities like Paris, London, and Rome. Readers are immediately drawn into Marie's inner world as she candidly expresses her longing for love and her aspirations for fame, particularly centered around a young man referred to as the Duc de H----. Her entries vividly depict the emotional turmoil of young love contrasted with her ambitions of achieving greatness, all while illustrating her vibrant imagination and self-awareness. Marie's reflections also reveal a deep yearning for personal validation in a society that often overlooks the profound inner lives of children, inviting readers to ponder the complexities of youth and the desire to be understood. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Bashkirtseff, Marie, 1860-1884 CT Text Category: Biographies 142234 2025-08-06T07:32:16.337976 text/html 117367 2024-10-28T20:54:50 text/html 171932 2025-08-06T07:32:22.561888 application/epub+zip 173471 2025-08-06T07:32:19.489905 application/epub+zip 118901 2025-08-06T07:32:18.314962 application/epub+zip 341304 2025-08-06T07:32:24.899874 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326297 2025-08-06T07:32:21.840918 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262807 2022-09-07T13:30:54.871346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126084 2025-08-06T07:32:15.852939 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106258 2024-10-28T20:54:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16850 2025-08-06T07:32:25.029870 application/rdf+xml 17756 2025-08-06T07:32:18.815893 image/jpeg 3885 2025-08-06T07:32:18.560898 image/jpeg 167701 2025-08-06T07:32:16.353939 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia