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When orphaned Mary Lennox was sent off to Misselthwaite Manor to
live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most
disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a
little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour
expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because
she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or
another. Indeed, she was "Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary," through
and through
Yet there was something strange about the place she was heading
for. Said Mrs. Medlock to Mary beforehand, "Do you know anything
about your uncle?"
"No," said Mary frowning. She frowned because she remembered how
her father and mother had never talked to her about anything in
particular.
"Humph," muttered Mrs. Medlock, staring at Mary's queer,
unresponsive little face for a few moments. Then she said, "I
suppose you might as well be told something, to prepare you. You
are going to a rather queer place "
English-born American author Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)
enjoyed international success with her 1886 novel "Little Lord
Fauntleroy." Twenty-five years later she achieved even greater fame
with "The Secret Garden, " one of the most beloved children's
novels of all time.
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Queen Silver-bell
Francis Hodgson Burnett
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R767
Discovery Miles 7 670
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Sara has a unusual look of maturity about her, for a
seven-year-old child. She has seen a great deal of the world. She
has felt the blazing sun in Bombay, India, and has crossed the
ocean -- and now is somewhere that seems utterly strange to her . .
. a foggy and damp city named London.
Her new place in life seems to offer few attractions: Miss
Minchin's Select Seminary. Yet Sara takes her place in the
seminary's classrooms, and soon finds herself building
unconventional friendships -- with girls whom the other students
seem not to notice at all.
Then comes news from her father -- that he will become partner
in diamond mines in India
English-born American author Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)
enjoyed international success with her novels, including "Little
Lord Fauntleroy" and "The Secret Garden."
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Seth (Paperback)
Francis Hodgson Burnett
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R178
Discovery Miles 1 780
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About the Author- Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 -
29 October 1924) was an English-American playwright and author. She
is best known for her children's stories, in particular Little Lord
Fauntleroy (published in 1885-6), A Little Princess (1905), and The
Secret Garden (1911).-Wikipedia
The White People By Frances Hodgson Burnett The White People (1920)
was a novella written in World War I by Frances Hodgson Burnett,
which details her beliefs on what happens after death. Perhaps the
things which happened could only have happened to me. I do not
know. I never heard of things like them happening to any one else.
But I am not sorry they did happen. I am in secret deeply and
strangely glad. I have heard other people say things-and they were
not always sad people, either-which made me feel that if they knew
what I know it would seem to them as though some awesome, heavy
load they had always dragged about with them had fallen from their
shoulders. To most people everything is so uncertain that if they
could only see or hear and know something clear they would drop
upon their knees and give thanks. That was what I felt myself
before I found out so strangely, and I was only a girl. That is why
I intend to write this down as well as I can. It will not be very
well done, because I never was clever at all, and always found it
difficult to talk. I say that perhaps these things could only have
happened to me, because, as I look back over my life, I realize
that it has always been a rather curious one. Even when those who
took care of me did not know I was thinking at all, I had begun to
wonder if I were not different from other children. That was, of
course, largely because Muircarrie Castle was in such a wild and
remote part of Scotland that when my few relations felt they must
pay me a visit as a mere matter of duty, their journey from London,
or their pleasant places in the south of England, seemed to them
like a pilgrimage to a sort of savage land; and when a
conscientious one brought a child to play with me, the little
civilized creature was as frightened of me as I was of it. My
shyness and fear of its strangeness made us both dumb. No doubt I
seemed like a new breed of inoffensive little barbarian, knowing no
tongue but its own.
The Lost Prince - Francis Hodgson Burnett The Lost Prince is a
novel by British-American author Frances Hodgson Burnett, first
published in 1915. This book is about Marco Loristan, his father,
and his friend, a street urchin called "The Rat." Marco's father,
Stefan, is a Samavian patriot working to overthrow the cruel
dictatorship in the kingdom of Samavia. Marco and his father come
to London where Marco strikes up a friendship with a crippled
street urchin known as The Rat. The friendship occurs when Marco
overhears The Rat shouting in military form. Marco discovers he had
stumbled upon a strangely militia-like club known as the Squad.
Stefan, realizing that two boys are less likely to be noticed,
entrusts them with a secret mission to travel across Europe giving
the secret sign: 'The Lamp is lighted.' Marco is to go as the
Bearer of the sign while Rat goes as his Aide-de-Camp. This brings
about a revolution which succeeds in overthrowing the old regime
and re-establishing the rightful king. When Marco and The Rat
return to London, Stefan has already left for Samavia. They wait
there with his father's faithful bodyguard, Lazarus, until Stefan
calls. The book ends in a climactic scene as Marco realizes his
father is the descendant of Ivor Fedorovitch and thus the rightful
king of Samavia.
About the Author- Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 -
29 October 1924) was an English-American playwright and author. She
is best known for her children's stories, in particular Little Lord
Fauntleroy (published in 1885-6), A Little Princess (1905), and The
Secret Garden (1911).-Wikipedia
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Although best known for "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and "The Secret
Garden," Frances Hodgson Burnett was considered one of the leading
writers in America on the strength of her adult novels, which made
her name in the 1870s and 1880s. Ripe for rediscovery, Bello is
proud to bring a select group of these classic novels back into
print.
"Robin" is the second volume of Frances Hodgson Burnett's last
substantial work, and follows on from "The Head of the House of
Coombe." Set in London during the First World War, "Robin" portrays
the horror, rather than nobility or glamour, of that devastating
period and completes the story of Robin, Lord Coombe, Donal and
Feather.
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