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Dec 26, 2003 · The Young Visiters: Directed by David Yates. With Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, Lyndsey Marshal, Bill Nighy. Nine-year-old Daisy wrote a novel in 1890 about an awkward gentleman meeting a young lady on a train.
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- Comedy, Drama, Family
- David Yates
- 2003-12-26
Nicely comic tale of social climbing and the power of a pretty woman. bob the moo 28 December 2003. Alfred Salteena is a slightly bumbling gentleman who meets a young lady on a train and invites her to his home in London. She comes to see society and meet young men and bothers him to go out and meet important people.
2003. 2 hr 0 mins. Drama, Comedy. NR. Watchlist. Sweet, whimsical version of Daisy Ashford's novel stars Jim Broadbent as awkward Alfred Salteena, who vies with a lonely noble (Hugh Laurie) for ...
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Alfred Salteena is a middle-aged ironmonger in Victorian England, prosperous but unmarried and lonely. Commuting home one day by train, he meets Ethel Monticue, a young woman with whom he instantly falls in love. Ethel is fascinated by high society and longs to mix with the aristocracy. In order to impress her, Alfred writes to his old friend ...
The Young Visiters. 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.
Jun 26, 2007 · Written originally by a young Victorian girl one summer, The Young Visiters has never been out of print since it was rediscovered some years later. This 9-year-old's brilliant observations of a surreal society have been flawlessly translated to the small screen by the BBC, resulting in a comedy that - although entirely suitable for children ...
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