This is a autobiography, a story about author own life
Eight year old Princess Irene lives a lovely life in a wild,desolate,mountainous kingdom with her only nursemaid Lootie for company.Due to her sheltered upbringing her father being absent attending to the affairs of state and her mother being dead Irene has never known about the existence of the goblins which lurk in the underground mines.
The classic has been written at the height of the British empire.It relates the adventures of three boys marooned on a South Pacific Island the only survivors of a shipwreck.
The novel is a delight to children who like the story very much.Young Marie’s favourite Christmas toy the Nutcracker comes alive and after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls.
The Water Babies is a children’s novel written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan’s Magazine.It was first published in its entirety in 1863.The novel was extremely popular in England during its day and was a mainstay of British children’s literature through the 1920s.
The Novel is considered to be among the first mystery novel and is widely regarded as one of the first and finest in the category of sensational novels.
The story follows the reformation of Tommy Merton who is transformed from a spoilt six year old boy into a virtuous gentleman.