A 14-year old country girl begins to work as a maid in Paris in 1891. She is brave and hard-working, but her character will soon be put to the test. Her boss has a sinister reputation, and in the mansion they say there are ghosts… The novel has a background of scientific elements in which some questions related to electrostatic activity are discussed (in fact, the book closes with some revealing explanations about this topic and about Faraday himself). Along with this, the young protagonist displays a number of virtues: daring, responsibility, generosity…and a good spirit of scientific inquiry which allows her to reflect on things which others would consider minor or irrelevant. One note: there doesn’t seem to be any need, in the four or five times that God is mentioned, for the word to appear with a small ‘G’. F.J. (2011)
Juliette y los cien mil fantasmas
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.