Teresa Gallagher
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In Frances Hodgson Burnett's first children's novel, Little Lord Fauntleroy Cedric Errol, the orphaned son of a sea captain and his mother are surprised to learn that by a strange twist of fate, he is the heir to a large English estate. Going to live with his stern and miserly grandfather, Cedric impresses the old man with his innocence and good nature. Will Cedric have a positive influence on his aristocratic and ill-tempered grandfather? A description...
2) Heidi
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"Heidi" by Johanna Spyri is a beloved classic novel that tells the heartwarming story of a young orphan girl named Heidi, who brings joy and transformation to the lives of those around her. The story begins with Heidi being taken by her Aunt Dete to live with her reclusive grandfather, Alm-Uncle, in a small Swiss mountain village. Initially gruff and solitary, Alm-Uncle gradually warms to Heidi's innocent charm and infectious happiness. Heidi quickly...
3) Bleak House
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Bleak House is one of Charles Dickens's major novels.
The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and the story is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the centre of Bleak House is the long-running legal case, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which came about because someone wrote several conflicting wills. This legal case is used by Dickens to satirise the English judicial system, and he makes...