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Noel Streatfeild: Meet the Maitlands

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n ​the latter half of Queen Victoria's reign, David Maitland was born: the third son of „the Squire” who lived at Cuckly Place, a large house in the village of Little Cuckley. Following family tradition, David became a parson, and inherited the Rectory near Cuckley Place and small income.

David and his wife, Priscilla, have five children: the twins, Selina and John, followed by Chloe, Martin and Andrew. In the year that Selina and John are ten, John is expected to begin boarding at a prepartory school very soon, and a governess is engaged to teach Selina and Chloe, and the boys before they start school. Selina is worried about John going to boarding school, as she is sure he will be miserable. John is very sensitive about blood, and anything dead, and even sounds in the dark – normally Selina helps him, but she won't be there when he is at school.

Violet Smith is engaged as a governess. Violet has said she is sixteen years old, and has taught for two years at a… (tovább)

Eredeti megjelenés éve: 1978

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W. H. Allen, 1978
118 oldal · ISBN: 0491020368

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