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  by katie

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Type: children's

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Julia Golding

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Tags: mystery adventure historical_fiction writing uk theater orphans 19th_century class_system first_person

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Description: First-person narrative by Catherine Royal -- or Cat as she is called by everyone at the TheatreFirst-person narrative by Catherine Royal -- or Cat as she is called by everyone at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London in 1790 when the story opens. The book is solidly set in the era of Sheridan (Cat's pseud-guardian as she is, of course, an orphan). There is a mystery -- about a diamond Mr Sheridan is hiding in the theatre. There is adventure -- Pedro, a freed slave from Africa, gets introduced to good and bad street gangs in London -- and manage to help a political satirist hide from the law. There are class distinctions -- as Cat and Pedro befriend Lord Francis and Lady Elizabeth. The four young people manage to save the day. Features a budding author as Cat is encouraged to start writing a tale that an aristocrat promises to publish. There are sequels. Double-spaced print. Good "thick" but easy to read chapter book. Cat even provides a list of characters and a glossary....

2007-12-27

  by arya

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Jules Verne

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Tags: 19th_century

2007-08-06

  by arya

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Jules Verne

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Tags: 19th_century

2007-08-06

  by arya & 10 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Jules Verne

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Tags: 19th_century

2007-08-06

  by arya & 3 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Jules Verne

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Tags: 19th_century

2007-08-06

  by lisa211

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Type: fiction

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Status: to read

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Authors: Anthony Hope Tony Watkins

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Tags: british classics world_literature action_adventure 19th_century

2006-08-04

  by lisa211

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Type: fiction

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Status: to read

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Author: Charles Brockden Brown

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Tags: british classics suspense thrillers world_literature mystery_thrillers 19th_century

2006-08-02

  by ihatepavelbure

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Sheri Holman

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Tags: women history british england historical medicine medical 19th_century cholera prostitutes

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Description: The second of a trifecta of books about prostitutes in historical England, The Dress LodgerThe second of a trifecta of books about prostitutes in historical England, The Dress Lodger is raw and eerie. Sheri Holman writes about a 15-year old girl desperately trying to save the life of her ill child, by any and every means necessary, while the cholera epidemic poisons the city of Suderland and threatens to spread not only through the city, but the world. Haunting and grim, the book remained in the forefront of my memory for days, regardless of whether or not I wanted it there. Recommended. --Erin E. Betters...

2006-07-09

  by lisa211 & 2 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: to read

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Author: Mark Twain

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Tags: classics united_states 176 world_literature 19th_century

2006-01-24

  by lisa211

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Type: educational

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Status: to read

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Author: Ira Berlin

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Tags: history culture nonfiction race united_states sociology relations 19th_century social_sciences 497 african_americans colonial_period slavery_emancipation

2006-01-03