La Maternelle by Léon Frapié

"La Maternelle" by Léon Frapié is a novel published in 1904 that won the Prix Goncourt. When Rose loses her dowry and fiancé after her father's financial ruin, she must abandon her educated station to work as an attendant at a Parisian day-care center serving 150 working-class children. Through her diary entries, she documents life among destitute pupils who seek comfort in her care. The novel offers a stark critique of public education, challenging contemporary views about schooling as society's remedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Frapié, Léon, 1863-1949
Illustrator Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre, 1859-1923
Title La Maternelle
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maternelle Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maternelle_(roman)
Credits Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Google Books project and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject French fiction -- 20th century
Subject Children -- France -- Fiction
Subject Education, Preschool -- France -- Fiction
Subject Teachers -- France -- Fiction
Subject Working class families -- France -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 64798
Release Date
Last Update Oct 18, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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