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 Project Gutenberg 2004-12-09 Public domain in the USA. 183 Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline 1786 1859 Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline Félicité Josèphe Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline Felicite Josephe Le Livre des Mères et des Enfants, Tome II E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Renald Levesque, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Le Livre des Mères et des Enfants, Tome II" by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore is a collection of stories written in various forms including prose and verse, likely during the mid-19th century. The book explores themes of motherhood, childhood, and the imaginative worlds children create, emphasizing emotional bonds and the innocence of youth through the interactions of a father, Mr. Sarrasin, and his daughters as they navigate their lives following the loss of their mother. The opening of the work introduces Mr. Sarrasin, a grieving father who strives to fulfill both parental roles after the passing of his wife. As he returns from a journey, he presents his four daughters with beautifully adorned dolls, which he encourages them to nurture as if they were their own children. The touching dynamics between the sisters and their dolls highlight the joys and challenges of motherhood from a child's perspective. This emotional complexity is further deepened by Mr. Sarrasin's observations of his daughters' different personalities while they engage playfully with their new companions. As the story unfolds, it hints at deeper themes of loss, love, and the tender bonds that define family life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Children's stories, French Children's poetry, French PQ PZ Text FR Jeunesse Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: French Literature 157405 2025-06-06T08:39:19.228290 text/html 148757 2020-12-18T21:41:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 315925 2025-06-06T08:39:27.286238 application/epub+zip 317718 2025-06-06T08:39:23.185262 application/epub+zip 121729 2025-06-06T08:39:21.447290 application/epub+zip 485743 2025-06-06T08:39:29.993259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 484731 2025-06-06T08:39:26.122283 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296177 2022-09-07T15:39:17.704625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138312 2023-10-06T12:30:52.369861 text/plain 16816 2025-06-06T08:39:30.135232 application/rdf+xml 18871 2025-06-06T08:39:22.019278 image/jpeg 4323 2025-06-06T08:39:21.732276 image/jpeg 296418 2025-06-06T08:39:19.258412 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia