All I want to say is that I read this book many years ago, and it is very fascinating to the point that you are escaping reality. it is a very good book, and all the novels from "la Comtesse De Segur" are very rich and nourishing, it will make you appreciate life today. I read this book many time, I am ordering more because since I came to the states, I miis reading good French Books. This one has really touched my heart and I am into the scenery as I read the book. Christine Bullard

I read these books when I was a little girl. They are a classic of children's literature. La Comtesse de Segur's hearfelt description of her very own childhood memories is a page turner. A must read for all girls.

This book, and all others by the same author, is a must for little girls between the ages of 6 and 11. I enjoyed them when I was a youngster , as did my own mother ! I have three little nieces who are being taught French and we introduced them to this book and others by La Comtesse de Segur..they fell in love too! Written hundreds of years ago, they have lost none of their charm or appeal. Simple stories where good deeds are always rewarded, where children across the ages still acted the same as our children do nowadays (less so though!).

A must, a classic of children litterature with none of the stuffiness that might entail!