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Stone BookSeries
series5 books1976
Historical fiction.
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A Little PrincessNovel
Frances Hodgson Burnettstandalone novel1905
Emotional in tone, about class conflict.
“All three versions tell the story of Sara Crewe, a wealthy young girl and the prize student of a private London boarding school who is reduced to poverty and forced to endure the life of a servant under the school's cruel headmistress.”
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Love and Mr. LewishamNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1900
About forbidden love.
Midnight Is a PlaceNovel
Joan Aikenstandalone novel1974
Historical fiction and gothic, about loneliness, set in our world.
Bastable ChildrenSeries
series24 books1898
completed
Funny in tone.
“E. Nesbit's Bastable novels follow their well-meaning, thoroughly unsuccessful schemes across three books published between 1899 and 1904, mixing believable sibling squabbles with the children's own overactive imaginations.”
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The Magic ToyshopNovel
Angela Carterstandalone novel1967
Gothic, eerie in tone, set in our world and mid 20th century.