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The Grandmother

Set at the foot of the Giant mountains- is a grandmother, who embodies the ideal of motherliness with her plain wisdom, goodness and love. The father of the Prosek family living in the country idyll is compelled to spend a large part of the year in the imperial town of Vienna due to his work. Thus, the grandmother is brought home to tend to the children and the property. With this background, the author evolves the most significant work of pros in Czech literature and creates "one of the most beautiful female figures in world literature.

Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 334 pages

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