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The book I Kyria Doremi (greek: Η Κυρία Ντορεμί) is a novel by the author Lilika Nakou and it is considered as one of her most important works.

Life in Paris and return to Greece
The story takes place before the war, probably in the 1930s. The central heroine of the novel is the twenty-three-year-old Katerina Makri, who tells her story. The heroine was born and raised in Paris, in the early 20th century by Greek parents. Her father, Petros Makris, was a stockbroker in the French capital. He was considered a prominent member of the Greek community there, and as long as he lived, he ensured a comfortable life for his wife and daughter. However, he is described by the heroine as wasteful and ladies man. The family lived in one of the most aristocratic neighborhoods of Paris, and had excellent relations with the most important members of the Greek community there.

The family's daughter, Katerina, had a beloved French teacher, Miss Pauline. The latter accompanied her student wherever she went, according to the wish of Katerina's father. Katerina, during the years she lived in Paris, received a remarkable education, and obtained a diploma in French and piano.

However, Katerina's comfortable and carefree life was turned upside down when her father died. Then they realized, together with her mother, that they were very poor, because the deceased had left them no money or other assets. For this reason, they decided to return to Greece, where Katerina's mother had relatives with a great social status. But they received them coldly.

Her appointment and installation in Rethymno
Katerina had never worked in France, but now, wanting to be a burden to no one, the idea was born to work in education, using as qualifications the diplomas she already had. In order to achieve this goal, some of her relatives mediated in the competent Ministry, and finally she was appointed as a teacher of French and music. However, she and her mother were very disappointed when they learned that she would be appointed in Rethymno. However, Katerina decided to go to Rethymno, while her mother would stay in Athens.

When she arrived in Rethymno, she was welcomed and helped by a Cretan, Hercules, on behalf of the director of the Boys' High School. Hercules had already found her a room to rent, just outside the city of Rethymnon. The room was in a relatively bad condition, but Hercules explained to her that he could not find a better room for her, because she already had a bad reputation in Rethymno and no local wanted to rent her a room. The reason for her bad reputation was the lies that "Musiou Mesakole" had already spread about her, without even knowing her, who probably must have been the slanderer from Rethymno who appeared later, Mr. Karderinakis. Katerina was forced to rent the room in question, which belonged to Mrs. Marika, a refugee from Asia Minor, who was a seamstress, and who had several girls from the Rethymnon area as apprentice workers.

The high school principal Mr. Romas
On the same day, Katerina met the director of the Boys' High School, Mr. Romas, a kind man, who supported her throughout her stay in Crete. Mr. Romas was the place of origin of Zakynthos. There he had met Katerina's father, when the latter was prefect there, before he decided to leave everything and move to Paris. Romas informed Katerina about the difficult task she would have to perform, because each class had 100-150 students. In fact, the most difficult class was the sixth, which had advanced students, 20-25 years old.

The difficulties in Rethymno and the acquaintance with Lefteris
In the course of her stay and work in Rethymno, Katerina realized that it was really difficult to teach in such large classes, and especially in the sixth, whose students practically did not let her do her homework. In fact, her students nicknamed her "Mrs. Doremi". The situation, however, reached a very dangerous point, when one day two students quarreled in the classroom, and took out their weapons and started firing. [2] In some difficult moments in the sixth grade, Katerina noticed that one of the sixth graders was supporting her in front of his classmates. [3] In the process she got to know him better. He was the twenty-five-year-old Lefteris, the son of a well-to-do merchant from Rethymno.