Paul and Virginia
By: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ; with illustrations by Maurice Leloir.
Contributors: Leloir, Maurice, 1853-1940, ill.
Publisher: H. Altemus
Published: 1898
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.; Mauritius -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Paul and Virginia, two fatherless children are brought up in poverty and innocence, amid the tropical scenery of the island of Mauritius. Virginia is recalled to France by a harsh and wealthy aunt. There she is miserable, and after two years returns to the island. But her ship is wrecked and she is drowned before the eyes of Paul.