Frances Hodgson Burnett

Sara Crewe Frances Hodgson Burnett

In the first place, Miss Minchin lived in London. Her home was a large, dull, tall one, in alarge, dull square, where all the houses were alike, and all the sparrows were alike, andwhere all the door-knockers made the same heavy sound, and on still days-and nearly allthe days were still-seemed to resound through the entire row in which the knock wasknocked. On Miss Minchin's door there was a brass plate. On the brass plate there wasinscribed in black letters...