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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Mère Giraud's Little Daughter](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnp31jd0zkdrecfmsqm4azt/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261018%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261018T205237Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=052c18a80c773e4fb7e8fd39a29da98f738f6a29717a6711c10c2aaa7171b6ab) ## About this work Mère Giraud's Little Daughter by Frances Hodgson Burnett — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside MÈRE GIRAUDS LITTLE DAUGHTER By Frances Hodgson Burnett Copyright, 1877 "Prut!" said Annot, her sabots clattering loudly on the brick floor as she moved more rapidly in her wrath. "Prut! Madame Giraud, indeed! There was a time, and it was but two years ago, that she was but plain Mere Giraud, and no better than the rest of us; and it seems to me, neighbors, that it is not well to show pride because one has the luck to be favored by fortune. Where, forsooth, would our 'Madame' Giraud stand if luck had not given her a daughter pretty enough to win a rich husband?" "True, indeed!" echoed two of the gossips who were her admiring listeners. "True, beyond doubt. Where, indeed?" But the third, a comely, fresh-skinned matron, who leaned against the door, and knitted a stout gray stocking with fast-clashing needles, did not acquiesce so readily. "Well, well, neighbors," she said, "for my part, I do not see so much to complain of. Mère Giraud—she is still Mère Giraud to me—is as honest and kindly a soul as ever. It is not she who has called herself Madame Giraud; it is others who are foolish enough to fancy that good luck must change one's old ways. If she had had the wish to be a grand personage, would she not have left our village before this and have joined Madame Legrand in Paris. On the contrary, however, she remains in her cottage, and is as good a neighbor as ever, even though she is fond of talking of the carriages and jewels of Madame Legrand and her establishment on the Boulevard Malesherbes. In fact, I ask you, who of us would not rejoice also to be the mother of a daughter whose fortune had been so good?" "That… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fmere-girauds-little-daughter) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fmere-girauds-little-daughter) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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