A Girl of the Commune
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- First published
- 1895
- Pages
- 257Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 7 of 10
A little about the story
Cuthbert Hartington, a young English painter, is studying in Paris when the Franco-Prussian War breaks out. He stays on through the siege of the city and the bloody rising of the Paris Commune in 1871, and finds himself protecting a young English girl caught up in the turmoil, whose family's fortunes are bound up with his own.
G. A. Henty mixes a quiet English cathedral town, a family mystery and the chaos of a city at war. As always with Henty, the history is carefully researched, and the hero meets danger with steady nerve.
Things You May Not Know About A Girl of the Commune
- An English hero in Paris. Cuthbert is an art student when the war traps him in the besieged city.
- Starts far from Paris. The opening chapters are set in the cathedral town of Abchester, home of the respected Jeremiah Brander.
- Real events. The siege of Paris and the defence of Champigny both appear in the story.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
