School and growing-up stories

5 books

A Modern Tomboy: A Story for GirlsL. T. Meade · 1894A girls' school story from 1894 by L. T. Meade, in which Mrs. Merriman opens a small home school at Sunnyside and welcomes her first pupils, to the dismay of her prim, orderly daughter Lucy.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens · 1861A novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1861, narrated by an orphan boy named Pip who lives with his sister and her blacksmith husband on the marshes, and whose childhood encounter with an escaped convict begins the story.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyCharlotte Brontë · 1847A novel by Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1847 and presented as an autobiography. It follows Jane Eyre from her difficult childhood in the household of her unkind aunt, Mrs. Reed, where she is excluded from family life and finds solace in books and stories.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Red Rose and Tiger Lily; Or, In a Wider WorldL. T. Meade · 1897A 19th-century girls' novel by L. T. Meade, first published in 1894. Hester Thornton, seventeen, keeps house for her father at the Grange and joyfully welcomes home her spirited young sister Nan and their friend Annie Forest for a visit.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Personal History of David CopperfieldCharles Dickens · 1850An illustrated 1850 edition of Charles Dickens's novel about the life of David Copperfield, a posthumous child born in Suffolk who narrates his own history from birth, including his upbringing, schooling, and fortunes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية