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Mrs (Mary Louisa) Molesworth
The Old House
In the opening lines of The Cuckoo Clock, Mrs Molesworth paints a word-picture of a house so old that Time itself seemed to have stopped.
by Mrs Molesworth 1839-1921
Extracts from Literature
A Pinch of Snuff
Marguerite, Lady Blakeney, is powerless to intervene as her husband Sir Percy walks into a trap.
by Baroness Orczy 1865-1947
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling’s Proof
If officials in the Raj ever forgot who their boss was, they would bring the whole government down about their ears.
by Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936
‘Let’s Be a Comfortable Couple’
The offices of the Cheeryble Brothers are humming with excitement over two upcoming weddings, and Tim Linkinwater finds the mood is catching.
by Charles Dickens 1812-1870
Extracts from Fiction
Peace to Grow Up
Jaikie has just graduated from Cambridge, and Alison wants to know what he has gained from his experience.
by John Buchan 1875-1940
Cupid’s Arrow
Kitty Beighton enters an archery contest where the prize is one very beautiful bracelet and one very ugly Commissioner.