The Children's Book by A S Byatt

Author:A S Byatt
Format: mobi
Tags: Family secrets, 1914-1918 - England, Children and adults, Historical - General, Runaway children, Country homes - England, Bildungsromans, Family Life, English Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary, Byatt, 1914-1918, Women authors, A.S. - Prose & Criticism, Historical, Fiction - General, World War, Country homes
ISBN: 9780307272096
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2009-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

She could not, and did not, imagine any of the inhabitants of this walled garden wanting to leave it, or change it, though her stories knew better. And she had to ignore a great deal, in order to persist in her calm, and listen steadily to the quick scratch of the nib.

At the time of the old Queen’s death, she had a popular success with a collection of tales, which included the tale of the wraiths and puppets at the Grande Exposition, and the sinister and sly tale of The People in the House in the House, in which a child imprisoned some tiny folk in her doll’s house, and was in turn imprisoned by a giant child.

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