Oh, how splendid the splendid music of childhood days, when everything was immense, the whole world was a paradise to be explored and the passage of time, an endless succession of exciting discoveries! Ruan Ashley remembers the distant years before the First World War, when she was an intelligent and dreamy child running through the beautiful moors with her beloved David, far from the strict gaze of her father, pastor of the nonconformist church. There she suffers the first shocks of adult life, but also discovers the meaning of friendship and love.
Half autobiographical novel by this little known English author of the early twentieth century. It recounts the childhood and adolescence of Ruan Ashley, an intelligent and sensitive girl, daughter of a Methodist pastor, with a tumultuous family life, and in love with nature. A breath of fresh air. The characters are very well defined, varied and endearing.