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Girls of the Forest
The story unfolds around the lives of a group of young girls living in a but neglected Elizabethan mansion in the New Forest.
"Girls of the Forest" by L. T. Meade is a novel. The story unfolds around the lives of a group of young girls living in a but neglected Elizabethan mansion in the New Forest.
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It was a beautiful summer’s afternoon, and the girls were seated in a circle on the lawn in front of the house. The house was an old Elizabethan mansion, which had been added to from time to time—fresh additions jutting out here and running up there. There were all sorts of unexpected nooks and corners to be found in the old house—a flight of stairs just where you did not look for any, and a baize door shutting away the world at the moment when you expected to behold a long vista into space. The house itself was most charming and inviting-looking; but it was also, beyond doubt, much neglected. The doors were nearly destitute of paint, and the papers on many of the walls had completely lost their original patterns. In many instances there were no papers, only discolored walls, which at one time had been gay with paint and rendered beautiful with pictures. The windows were destitute of curtains; the carpets on the floors were reduced to holes and patches. The old pictures in the picture gallery still remained, however, and looked down on the young girls who flitted about there on rainy days with kindly, or searching, or malevolent eyes as suited the characters of those men and women who were portrayed in them.
But this was the heart of summer, and there was no need to go into the musty, fusty old house. The girls sat on the grass and held consultation.
Contents
- 01Chapter I.
- 02The Guest Who Was Neither Old Nor Young.
- 03Chapter II.
- 04A Handful.
- 05Chapter III.
- 06Preparing for the Fight.
- 07Chapter IV.
- 08The Life of Misrule.
- 09Chapter V.
- 10In the Study.
- 11Chapter VI.
- 12Topsy-Turvydom.
- 13Chapter VII.
- 14Nancy King.
- 15Chapter VIII.
- 16Music Hath Charms.
- 17Chapter IX.
- 18Punishment Land.
- 19Chapter X.
- 20Discipline.
- 21Chapter XI.
- 22The Burnt Arm.
- 23Chapter XII.
- 24Changed Lives.
- 25Chapter XIII.
- 26Nancy Shows Her Hand.
- 27Chapter XIV.
- 28Pauline Confesses.
- 29Chapter XV.
- 30The Net.
- 31Chapter XVI.
- 32The Conference.
- 33Chapter XVII.
- 34A Wild Frolic.
- 35Chapter XVIII.
- 36Vinegar.
- 37Chapter XIX.
- 38Glengarry Caps.
- 39Chapter XX.
- 40Pen Victorious.
- 41Chapter XXI.
- 42The White Bay.
- 43Chapter XXII.
- 44“Our Father” Is Best.
- 45Chapter XXIII.
- 46The Dull Weight.
- 47Chapter XXIV.
- 48Plato and Virgil.
- 49Chapter XXV.
- 50“You Are Not to Tell.”
- 51Chapter XXVI.
- 52Deceitful Girls.
- 53Chapter XXVII.
- 54Pauline in Distress.
- 55Chapter XXVIII.
- 56Farmer King.
- 57Chapter XXIX.
- 58The Cleansing Waters.
About this edition
- Author
- L. T. Meade
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 324 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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