Mothers and ChildrenW. Collins, 1918 - 166 pages These 14 brief, contrasting vignettes, which each stand alone and deal with one mother and her child, provide glimpses of a huge range of mother-child relationships. Most extol the passion, depth and fulfilment of maternal love, which is likened in some tales to divine love, even protecting a child from beyond the grave (EILEEN). Some mothers invest all ambition in their offspring (ARTHUR). Some stories describe tragedies – MARGUERITE turns out ‘a dumbie’, longed-for PHI-PHI is an ‘idiot’, clever GERALD has a serious accident at Eton, BOBBY dies aged 4, devastating his mother, idolised CHARLIE becomes delinquent and ruins the family (though retaining his mother’s adoration). DOUGLAS’s adoptive mother cannot love him as his own mother still does. Some children return this devotion - GERALD comforts his anguished mother after his accident, MAUD gives up married love to care for her blind mother. NORMAN’s mother, fleeing a drunken, murderous husband, is redeemed and comforted by her son. Other mothers, like DERRICK’s, hate their children, with reciprocal dislike. GLADYS, spoiled by her mother, grows up selfish and arrogant. JANEY’s mother despises husband and child, and Janey dreams of her absent father. |
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Page 37
... could take away from her , who Lies in her little one's cradle , And sits in her little one's chair ; And the light of the Heaven he's gone to , Transfigures his golden hair . III MAUD III MAUD MAUD was her mother's idol , 37 BOBBY.
... could take away from her , who Lies in her little one's cradle , And sits in her little one's chair ; And the light of the Heaven he's gone to , Transfigures his golden hair . III MAUD III MAUD MAUD was her mother's idol , 37 BOBBY.
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... could take away from her , who Lies in her little one's cradle , And sits in her little one's chair ; And the light of the Heaven he's gone to , Transfigures his golden hair . Mrs. Devereux did not cease to be companion and friend 37 BOBBY.
... could take away from her , who Lies in her little one's cradle , And sits in her little one's chair ; And the light of the Heaven he's gone to , Transfigures his golden hair . Mrs. Devereux did not cease to be companion and friend 37 BOBBY.
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Julia Frankau. uncertainly the hand crept about until it rested on her hair ; for Maud's face was hidden . But as the days wore on and Gerald urged a speedy marriage , and Mrs. Devereux seconded his urging , Maud began to notice ...
Julia Frankau. uncertainly the hand crept about until it rested on her hair ; for Maud's face was hidden . But as the days wore on and Gerald urged a speedy marriage , and Mrs. Devereux seconded his urging , Maud began to notice ...
Page 58
... hair short , and had her educated . At five the wan - eyed , brown - skinned child spent six mortal hours out of every day in the schoolroom . She had her mother's brains too , and her tasks were hard for her . She grew lean and thin ...
... hair short , and had her educated . At five the wan - eyed , brown - skinned child spent six mortal hours out of every day in the schoolroom . She had her mother's brains too , and her tasks were hard for her . She grew lean and thin ...
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... hair , to kiss his forehead , to murmur to him tender , loving words , and feel those sobs , that seemed to echo in his heart from hers , grow less in the caressing . " Charlie must be father now , " she said . " Charlie will be father ...
... hair , to kiss his forehead , to murmur to him tender , loving words , and feel those sobs , that seemed to echo in his heart from hers , grow less in the caressing . " Charlie must be father now , " she said . " Charlie will be father ...
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Page 21 - I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To ,the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine.