Books by Hesba Stretton

After the death of their mother, 10-year-old Meg is left to take care of the children until their father, who’s away at sea, returns. He is expected any day, yet when his ship finally arrives, he is not aboard. There will be good days and bad days, but Meg’s simple, childlike faith as well as the kindness of neighbours and friends will help her through her trials and ensure the survival of little Meg and "her" children. Sarah Smith (1832-1911), alias Hesba Stretton, was a British children’s books author. The daughter of a bookseller, Smith grew into one of the most popular Evangelical writers of her time. She first rose to fame with her "Jessica's First Prayer," which she later followed with the sequel "Jessica’s Mother."

Excerpt: "And now Christmas was coming. Joan had never kept Christmas, and knew nothing about it. But at Aunt Priscilla's farm it was a great day, as it always had been since she could remember. Every relative who could come to the farm was invited weeks beforehand; and nothing else was talked of but Christmas Day. The Sunday evening before it came old Nathan's sermon was all about the shepherds in the field, and how they found the little babe lying in the manger; and he told the story so well that Joan did not go to sleep at all, but sat listening to him with her dark eyes wide open." Hesba Stretton was the pen name of Sarah Smith (1832-1911), an English writer of children's books. Her moral tales and semi-religious stories, chiefly for the young, were printed in huge numbers. She became a regular contributor to Household Words and All the Year Round under Charles Dickens's editorship.

La mere de Marguerite: suite de "La premiere priere de Marguerite" / traduit d'Hesba Stretton par Mme Dussaud-Roman http: //gallica.bnf.fr/ark: /12148/bpt6k5835680

Les serviteurs du roi des rois / par Hesba Stretton, ...; traduit par Mme Elisabeth Delauney. Suivi de "La vieille fille" / par Mme Elisabeth Delauney http: //gallica.bnf.fr/ark: /12148/bpt6k580444

L'equipage du Dauphin / traduit de Hesba Stretton, par Mme Elisabeth Delauney http: //gallica.bnf.fr/ark: /12148/bpt6k580443