“How should a seven year old child react when forced to be separated from a mother who meant everything to her? How should she react when she learns that the aunt with whom she was sent to live doesn’t really care about her? Will she be able to make real friendships with people outside her family? Would she be able to take her belief in God as a comfort? If you want to find answers to all these questions, read the enjoyable novel “The Wide, Wide World”. There, you will see how the amazing Ellen Montgomery reacts to all those things, and many, many more”.
Malgré l’avis de son père, Juliette épouse l’homme dont elle est follement amoureuse, un colonel de Napoléon à l’avenir prometteur.
Les années passant, elle réalise que son père avait bien raison…
Un gentilhomme anglais, qui s’est épris d’elle, parvient à gagner son coeur. Elle restera malgré tout vertueuse, causant ainsi, sans le vouloir, sa mort.
Une nouvelle rencontre, M. de Vandenesse, changera drastiquement le cours de sa vie.
Cela aura des conséquences bien funestes sur le bonheur de sa famille.
In spite of her father’s opinion that the man is unworthy of her, Juliette marries her first love, a promising colonel of Napoleon....