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The Young Visiters. Daisy Ashford. 3.77. 1,020 ratings222 reviews. A short “society novel” written by Miss Daisy Ashford at the age of nine. The notebook containing the novel was rediscovered by her in adult life and sent by a friend to Frank Swinnerton, the English novelist, critic, editor and essayist.
May 18, 2020 · 4.1 6 ratings. See all formats and editions. Kindle. $0.99 Read with our free app. Daisy Ashford was just nine years old when she penned (or rather, penciled) The Young Visiters in her notebook. As an adult, she found the manuscript along with other childhood writings and showed them to her literary friends for a laugh.
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Aug 30, 2005 · The Young Visiters. Hardcover – August 30, 2005. This, "the greatest novel written by a nine-year-old, " had been in print in Britain since the '20s, but had been out of print in the U.S. for 35 years. It has two hilarious themes: love and social climbing.
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Nov 7, 2019 · The Young Visiters. Hardcover – November 7, 2019. by Daisy Ashford (Author) 4.0 183 ratings. See all formats and editions. A romantic and comic gem from a precocious Victorian nine-year-old that has charmed readers for a century.
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May 11, 2007 · re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included. with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. Title: The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan. Author: Daisy Ashford. Release Date: May 11, 2007 [EBook #21415] Language: English. Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1.
The Young Visiters is a comic masterpiece that has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1919. A classic story of life and love in later Victorian England as seen from the nursery window, it was written in 1890 by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford.
By Chris Horlock. How little Daisy Ashford of Lewes penned a comic classic that went on to be adapted for stage and screen. Daisy in 1919, the year The Young Visiters was published (Image: Archant) The plaque beside the door of 44 St Anne’s Crescent, Lewes, informs the world that a child named Daisy Ashford lived here, from 1889-1896.
