Les vacances

by Sophie Ségur

"Les vacances" by Comtesse de Ségur is a children's novel published in 1859. This book concludes the Fleurville trilogy, following Sophie de Réan and her friends as they gather at the château for summer vacation. The girls and their cousins plan days filled with games, building cabins, and butterfly hunts. But their peaceful holiday takes an unexpected turn when two shipwrecked figures, long thought lost, suddenly return with tales of furious seas and savage lands—bringing news that will transform Sophie's and Marguerite's lives forever.