“You can turn your hand to anything, you clever girl, so do come and give me some advice, for I am in the depths of despair," said Fanny, when the "maid-of-all-work," as Polly called herself, found a leisure hour. "What is it? Moths in the furs, a smokey chimney, or small-pox next door?" asked Polly as they entered Fan's room, where Maud was trying on old bonnets before the looking glass. "Actually I have nothing to wear," began Fan impressively.”
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An Old Fashioned Girl
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Louisa May Alcott
American novelist, famous for works such as 'Little Women'. Born on November 29, 1832, and died on March 6, 1888. more
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