This being, as I take it, an omnium-gatherum thread, I thought it appropriate to mention a favorite short novel,
The Young Visiters, by Daisy Ashford. For goodness' sake skip the introduction by J. M. Barrie and begin here:
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The only thing you need to know from Barrie's preface is that it's presented as the work of Daisy Ashford, who wrote the novel at age nine. It is what used to be called, I believe, a silver fork novel, that is, a story of romance set among the relatively wealthy in England.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 26 Jan 21 | 01:29PM by Dale Nelson.