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Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Gretchen Gerzina

American AuthorsAuthors, AmericanAuthorshipBiographyChildren's storiesHomes and hauntsBurnett, frances hodgson, 1849-1924Authors, biography

A woman of contrasts and paradoxes, Frances Hodgson Burnett was equally at home in Britain and US and revelled in straddling both countries attitudes and opportunities. This work looks at a quintessentially British-seeming writer.

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Book data: Open Library