Not Without Thorns
Mrs Molesworth
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Description
Mrs Molesworth wrote a novel in an edition dated 1873, opening with a chapter titled Sweet Seventeen. A foggy evening in early December settles over Wareborough, a low, flat manufacturing town. Fog hangs in air loaded by tall chimneys, and street traffic struggles. A young man rides in a rattling fly and shudders at the town.
He wonders how anyone can spend a life in such a place. The driver stops where no houses can be seen in the fog. A gate stands by his passenger, with a path to three houses. Mr Dalrymple's house is the middle one, the driver says. The young man must walk up and have the bell rung.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mrs Molesworth |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 807 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |