New York: McClure, Phillips & CO, 1904. Once, as she tossed on her cot-bed, she broke into a low little laugh to think how untrue things really were and how strange it was that people did not understand-that even she felt as she lay in the darkness that she could not get away. And she could not get away unless the train would stop just long enough to let her fall asleep. If she...
Louisiana (Louise) Rogers, a pretty mountain girl, is sent by her father to Oakvale Springs to recover her health. The resort has a healthful climate, but most people who come there are well-to-do Southerners looking to socialize with people like themselves. Louisiana is out of place, as is Olivia Ferrol, a New Yorker. The misfits become friends. Olivia makes Louise her...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1880. - 163 p. Louisiana (Louise) Rogers, a pretty mountain girl, is sent by her father to Oakvale Springs to recover her health. The resort has a healthful climate, but most people who come there are well-to-do Southerners looking to socialize with people like themselves. Louisiana is out of place, as is Olivia Ferrol, a New Yorker. The...
The story of the English writer Frances Burnett (1849-1924) about a wealthy businessman who wants to buy a gun to end his life, but the morning comes and he makes a different decision. With illustrations: Something made him turn and go with her (Frontispiece) Antony Dart examined it critically The girl held out her hand cautiously — the piece of gold lying upon its palm "God!"...
Toronto: William Briggs, 1915. - 415 p. For years Marco and his father, have moved, involved in plots and secret councils for the sake of the unfortunate kingdom of Samavia, hoping that one day a Lost Prince might come to rule his people. Now, at last, a change is coming, and Marco is to cross Europe - the Lost Prince is stirring.
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...
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