Young Grandison, volume 2 (of 2)

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Young Grandison, volume 2 (of 2)

by Madame de (Maria Geertruida van de Werken) Cambon

EN·~2 hours

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Description

A tender collection of youthful letters, this volume captures the intimate world of two friends whose lives revolve around family, school, and the simple joys of early adulthood. Through William’s heartfelt recounting of his long‑awaited reunion with his mother and Charles’s quiet longing for his absent companion, readers glimpse the delicate balance of duty, affection, and the earnest desire to be understood. The correspondence is peppered with vivid scenes of shared toys, blooming flowers, and the earnest hopes attached to each handwritten note.

The letters also reveal the period’s gentle moral reflections, as the young writers discuss the value of learning, the pleasure of imitation, and the importance of kindness within the household. Their voices, full of earnest emotion and modest humor, invite listeners into a bygone era where friendship is nurtured through ink and paper, making the experience both nostalgic and surprisingly relatable.

Details

Full title

Young Grandison, volume 2 (of 2) A series of letters from young persons to their friends

Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (160K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United Kingdom: J. Johnson, 1790.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Release date

2023-01-07

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

MD

Madame de (Maria Geertruida van de Werken) Cambon

An 18th-century Dutch writer best remembered for educational fiction, she wrote books for young readers that traveled well beyond the Netherlands. Her best-known work, Young Grandison, reached English readers in a version adapted by Mary Wollstonecraft.

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