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The Young Visiters or Mister Salteena's Plan is a 1919 novel by English writer Daisy Ashford (1881–1972). She wrote it when she was nine years old and part of its appeal lies in its juvenile innocence, and its unconventional grammar and spelling. It was reprinted 18 times in its first year alone.
- Daisy Ashford, James Matthew Barrie
- 1919
'The Young Visitors' is an impossibly charming story written by a nine year old about Mr. Salteena, who love Ethel and wants to learn how to become a gentleman. A friend they go to visit, Mr. Bernard Clark, can help Mr. Salteena to get in with an earl, but he also takes a shine to the pretty Ethel.
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May 11, 2007 · The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan, by Daisy Ashford This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
It’s essentially a society novel about class, fashion, doing the decent thing, and the shy manoeuvring of Victorian courtship. These themes are woven into a tale with a surprising satirical edge about an individual named Alfred Salteena striving to become a gentleman and move up in the world.
Margaret Mary Julia Devlin (née Ashford; 3 April 1881 – 15 January 1972), known as Daisy Ashford, was an English writer who is most famous for writing The Young Visiters, a novella concerning the upper class society of late 19th century England, when she was just nine years old.
THE YOUNG VISITORS Hardcover – January 1, 1952. by Daisy. Ashford (Author) 5.0 3 ratings. See all formats and editions. Hardcover. $11.48 3 Used from $7.50. Publisher. Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY: 1952. Publication date. January 1, 1952. See all details. The Amazon Book Review. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more.
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The Young Visiters by Daisy Ashford - The 2944th greatest book of all time. The book is a charming and whimsically written tale about the social adventures of a naive but ambitious nine-year-old girl in Victorian England.
