Monatsarchive: Juni 2017

Little Saint Elizabeth (and other stories) – Frances Hodgson-Burnett

This volume contains four stories, different in kind, but alike in the grace and spirit of their handling. The pretty tale from which the book borrows its name has for heroine a little French girl brought up in an old chateau in Normandy by an aunt who is recluse and denote. Little Saint Elizabeth is educated very much as her great namesake may have been, in a round of religious observances varied by acts of charity,and is trained to meditate much on the state of her soul and the woes of other people. Her head is filled with legends of saints and martyrs, her heart with zeal to emulate their good … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The One I Knew The Best Of All – Frances Hodgson-Burnett

To say that Mrs. Burnett’s account of ‘The One I Knew Best of All’ is a fascinating book, is to put the matter very mildly. It is not one little girl alone whose experiences are here recorded, but, as the author justly claims, it is the story of any child with an imagination. Mrs. Burnett’s recollections go back to a very early age; she remembers events that happened before she was three years old, and she cannot remember a time when she was not capable of forming decided opinions about things. Mrs. Burnett has written many attractive books—books that have made friends for her all over the world—but she … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Editha’s Burglar – Frances Hodgson-Burnett

The precocious child who encountered the burglar in the house at night and entertained him while he pillaged, so as to save her father, who was asleep in an adjoining room, was a creature of Mrs. Burnett’s imagination. She was an entertaining youngster, as self-possessed and mentally alert, in her strange situation, as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in her famous interview with the Mock Turtle.

Editha’s Burglar

Format: Paperback.

Editha’s Burglar.

ISBN: 9783849686390

Available at amazon.com and other venues.

Biography of Frances Hodgson-Burnett (from Wikipedia):

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children’s novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

A Little Princess – Frances Hodgson-Burnett

This is the “whole Story” of Sara Crewe, now told for the first time. All the people that liked Sara Crewe—the “slavey” who was comforted by the imaginary imprisonment in the Bastile, the little fat girl whose thoughts and affections moved slowly, but in the right direction, “Melchisedec the rat, with his squeaky but well-governed family—all these have been told about by Mrs. Burnett in a most simple and delightful way. The story of Sara’s griefs and joys, her quaint but effective remedies for her own troubles and for other people’s, her pleasures, which she shares with every one, especially with those who read about them, make this book a holiday book in every … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Little Lord Fauntleroy – Frances Hodgson-Burnett

From the beginning “Little Lord Fauntleroy” was absolutely certain to become one of the few real classics in the literature for children. The author has presented a picture of child-life such as we have never had before; she has not only taken a subject quite new, but she has written with such exquisite delicacy and sweetness the story of the little American boy’s career that even were the situations old instead of new the story would be a notable one. “Little Lord Fauntleroy”, though a book for children, is certainly not a “juvenile” in the common use of the word, paradoxical as the statement may seem. The hero is a manly little fellow, a … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...