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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Books, The Limited

ISBN-100241983487

ISBN-139780241983485

eBay Product ID (ePID)3038263657

Product Key Features

Book TitleLark

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicClassics, Coming of Age, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorE. Nesbit

Book SeriesPenguin Women Writers Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight7 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsShe, of all the writers I have ever read, has given me over the years the most complete satisfaction, To come upon any Nesbit today, hitherto unread, ...is like receiving a letter from a friend whom you have believed dead - - New York Times, She, of all the writers I have ever read, has given me over the years the most complete satisfaction - Noel Coward -, She had an economy of phrase, and an unparalleled talent for evoking hot summer days in the English countryside - Noel Streatfield -, A charming and brilliantly entertaining novel... shot through with the light-hearted Nesbit touch - Penelope Lively, from the introduction -

Dewey Decimal823.8

SynopsisIt's 1919 and Jane and her cousin Lucilla leave school to find that their guardian has gambled away their money, leaving them with only a small cottage in the English countryside. In an attempt to earn their living, the orphaned cousins embark on a series of misadventures--cutting flowers from their front garden and selling them to passers-by, inviting paying guests who disappear without paying--all the while endeavoring to stave off the attentions of male admirers, in a bid to secure their independence., \"When did two girls of our age have such a chance as we've got - to have a lark entirely on our own? No chaperone, no rules, no...\" \"No present income or future prospects,\" said Lucilla. It's 1919 and Jane and her cousin Lucilla leave school to find that their guardian has gambled away their money, leaving them with only a small cottage in the English countryside. In an attempt to earn their living, the orphaned cousins embark on a series of misadventures - cutting flowers from their front garden and selling them to passers-by, inviting paying guests who disappear without paying - all the while endeavouring to stave off the attentions of male admirers, in a bid to secure their independence., 'A charming and brilliantly entertaining novel... shot through with the light-hearted Nesbit touch' Penelope Lively, from the introduction "When did two girls of our age have such a chance as we've got - to have a lark entirely on our own? No chaperone, no rules, no..." "No present income or future prospects," said Lucilla. It's 1919 and Jane and her cousin Lucilla leave school to find that their guardian has gambled away their money, leaving them with only a small cottage in the English countryside. In an attempt to earn their living, the orphaned cousins embark on a series of misadventures - cutting flowers from their front garden and selling them to passers-by, inviting paying guests who disappear without paying - all the while endeavouring to stave off the attentions of male admirers, in a bid to secure their independence. 'To come upon any Nesbit today, hitherto unread... is like receiving a letter from a friend whom you have believed dead' New York Times 'A wry, charming delight of a book' The Pool

LC Classification NumberPR4149.B4