02529cam a22003373u 4500 77065 UtSlPG 20260610134802.0 m cr n 260607r20251904utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ Zangwill, Edith Ayrton, 1874-1945 The barbarous babes Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-10-16 Susan E., Vicki Parnell, David E. Brown, Sue Clark, Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Ed Leckert, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The barbarous babes: Being the memoirs of Molly" by Edith Ayrton Zangwill is a children’s novel written in the early 20th century. Told in a lively first-person voice, it follows Molly and her siblings—Humphrey, Violet, and Teddy—through a string of misadventures born of fierce imaginations, pranks, and earnest but misguided attempts at virtue. Family life with their governess, visiting relatives, and an often-absent mother frames comic scrapes that turn into gentle moral lessons. The opening of this novel introduces a series of vivid episodes: Molly and Humphrey’s “torturing games” spiral into a mock martyrdom that nearly ends in disaster; jealousy of a visiting cousin’s curls leads Molly to cut them off in a Samson-and-Delilah prank; shy Violet, misreading a remark, bravely pays a formal call alone and causes social consternation; their mother must leave for her health, and Teddy tries to stow away before later being whipped for sweeping a chimney in play; Molly’s zeal to “missionary” her siblings culminates in an insulting bathroom placard that offends a visiting German musician until Humphrey mends matters; and, at last, the children’s chaotic home theatricals are rescued by their mother’s unexpected return, which steadies the household and brings the first performances off happily. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: London: R. Brimley Johnson, 1904 Siblings -- Juvenile fiction England -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Juvenile fiction Families -- Juvenile fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77065 117789 117789