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Editha’s Burglar
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 […]
A Little Princess
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 […]
Little Lord Fauntleroy
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 […]
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables – Aesop The habit of telling stories is one of the most primitive characteristics of the human race. The most ancient civilizations, the most barbarous savages, of whom we have any knowledge have yielded to investigators clear traces of the possession of this practise, The specimens of their narrative that have been gathered […]
Through one administration
Through one administration – Frances Hodgson-Burnett A wonderfully powerful and interesting story of modern life and political intrigues in Washington, full of dramatic intensity and vivid portraiture. As a story of Washington life, dealing largely with what might be called social politics, it is certainly a success. As a society novel, it is indeed quite […]
A Fair Barbarian
A Fair Barbarian – Frances Hodgson-Burnett “Pretty, overdressed, jewel-bedecked Octavia Bassett,“ of Nevada, is one of the most fascinating characters that Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett ever drew. The story of the visit of this dashing young American girl to her father’s sister in the staid, respectable, ultra-conservative English village of Slowbridge, and of the consternation […]
Louisiana
Louisiana – Frances Hodgson-Burnett A lady from New York, whose surroundings have been those chiefly of literature and art, is alone at a North Carolina watering-place, and amuses herself with a new and interesting type of Southern native humanity, a young girl of great beauty and simplicity, but utterly ignorant of the world in which […]
Haworth’s
Haworth’s – Frances Hodgson-Burnett ‚ Haworth’s‘ is a product of genius of a very high order, a piece of work which will hold a permanent place in literature; one of those masterly performances that rise wholly above the plane of light literature upon which novels are generally placed.“—- Evening Post. „It is but faint praise […]
That Lass O’Lowrie’s
That Lass O’Lowrie’s – Frances Hodgson-Burnett The conception of this book is admirable, and it embodies in a most impressive manner a thought, or rather a sentiment, which is not new, but which is widespread and strong, and which has never before been born into flesh and blood. The existence of such a noble soul […]
Her Father’s Daughter
Her Father’s Daughter – Gene Stratton-Porter The energetic, joyous way that Linda Strong wins the heart of everyone in Lilac Valley will carry you in a spell of delight to the fairyland of Nature which Gene Stratton-Porter has truthfully pictured for the environment of her new, lovable girl-character. None of her books will linger in […]