Alone in London

Name: Alone in London
Author: Hesba Stretton

by Hesba Stretton

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-04-01

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Poor -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Death -- Juvenile fiction Poverty -- Juvenile fiction Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction Homeless children -- Juvenile fiction Reconciliation -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Hospitals -- Juvenile fiction

About the author

Hesba Stretton

1832–1911

An evangelical English writer who became hugely popular for stories that mixed moral purpose with vivid portraits of poor and working-class children. Writing under the name Hesba Stretton, she helped shape Victorian children's fiction with books that aimed to stir both sympathy and social conscience.

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