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A rector's daughter takes charge of four children left on the parish and a neighbour who wants nothing to do with any of them. Amy Le Feuvre wrote a great many books for the religious tract trade and had a real gift for children's dialogue. The evangelism is explicit and the household comedy underneath it is genuinely funny. Fifty-eight plates from Mary Cassatt, John MacWhirter and others survey the domestic and pastoral world of the story, from stocking-mending interiors to waterfalls and Tyrolean summers.
A rector's daughter takes charge of four children left on the parish and a neighbour who wants nothing to do with any of them. Amy Le Feuvre wrote a great many books for the religious tract trade and had a real gift for children's dialogue. The evangelism is explicit and the household comedy unde...
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Amy Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was an English writer of children's and family fiction who published over a hundred books, mostly through the Religious Tract Society. Her works include Probable Sons, Teddy's Button, Odd, and Heather's Mistress.
Amy Le Feuvre (1861-1929) was an English writer of children's and family fiction who published over a hundred books, mostly through the Religious Tract Society. Her works include Probable Sons, Teddy's Button, Odd, and Heather's Mistress.
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