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Young Visiters

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The Young Visiters or Mr Salteena's Plan is a comic masterpiece that has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1919. A classic story of life & love in later Victorian England as seen from the nursery window it was written in 1890 by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford. It all starts when Alfred Salteena who is 'not quite the right side of the blanket' takes young Ethel Montacue to stay with his friend Bernard Clarke... Daisy Ashford has an exquisite eye for matchmaking & manners in English society & her tale with its hilarious observation & idiosyncratic spelling is as irresistible today as it ever was. This edition of The Young Visiters is illustrated with drawings by Posy Simmonds which are as enchanting & witty as the story. The text has been transcribed from the original manuscript &

Includes:: J.M. Barrie's famous preface to the first edition. A BBC1 drama adapted from the novel & starring Jim Broadbent as Mr Salteena is to be broadcast in December 2003.

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