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Melbourne House, Volume 1

by Susan Warner

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First published
1864
Pages
277Digital edition
Language
English
Reading difficulty
6 of 10

A little about the story

Little Daisy Randolph lives in a great country house surrounded by wealth and fashionable people. She is a thoughtful, serious child who has decided to live by her faith, and that brings her into conflict with her worldly parents and cousins.

Susan Warner, the author of The Wide, Wide World, writes about a child's inner life with great seriousness. It is a classic of Victorian Christian fiction for children.

Things You May Not Know About Melbourne House, Volume 1

  • By the author of The Wide, Wide World, one of the best-selling American novels of the 19th century.
  • Takes its motto from Proverbs: Even a child is known by his doings.
  • The first of two volumes.

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