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Legend-led is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Le Feuvre, Amy (1861–1929).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Legend-led" by Amy Le Feuvre is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. It blends lively domestic adventure with Arthurian playacting and a gentle Christian allegory, following the Thurston siblings—Donald, Claud, and Gypsy—under the easy care of their poetry-loving governess, Miss Gubbins. Central to the tale is Gypsy’s sincere resolve to seek the “Holy Thing” after hearing Tennyson’s Holy Grail, even as the children contend with their awe of their step-brother Victor (“the Ogre”) and befriend a witty, crippled young artist they dub “Sir Perceval.” The setting shifts from a seaside resort to a rambling country house where games, pranks, and moral questions intertwine. The opening of Legend-led introduces the seaside life of the three high-spirited Thurstons, their territorial beach squabbles, and Miss Gubbins’ readings of the Arthurian legends that spark Gypsy’s private quest “to find” Jesus and the Grail. A Sunday beach talk about the “pearl of great price” and a bedroom text (“Those that seek Me early shall find Me”) deepen her resolve; after the family moves to an old Elizabethan house ruled by the formidable housekeeper Mrs. Peck, Gypsy slips out at dawn, kneels in a book-lined room with a stained-glass window, and mistakes its colored light for the Holy Grail. Meanwhile the boys roam, invent the dread “Agony” game, and Claud befriends a humorous, housebound illustrator at a nearby farm whom they nickname Sir Perceval. Victor’s return prompts a disastrous armor prank (Claud is captured and trussed), household changes begin, and Gypsy—allowed to use the library—brings her brothers at dawn only to be laughed at when they recognize the “Holy Thing” as sunlight through glass; soon after, a drive with Victor leads to a reunion with Irene from the beach and a visit to Sir Perceval, whom Victor is considering as a local tutor.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Legend-led
- Author credits: Le Feuvre, Amy (1861–1929)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Castles -- Juvenile fiction
- Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Christian life -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- England -- Juvenile fiction
- Governesses -- Juvenile fiction
- Grail -- Juvenile fiction
- Knights and knighthood -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Quests (Expeditions) -- Juvenile fiction
- Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Novels
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