The Magic Fishbone: A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, Aged 7

By Charles Dickens

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Nov 19, 2019
• ISBN: 4057664136640

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of England's greatest writers. Best known for his classic serialized novels, such as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations, Dickens wrote about the London he lived in, the conditions of the poor, and the growing tensions between the classes. He achieved critical and popular international success in his lifetime and was honored with burial in Westminster Abbey.

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Charles Dickens

The Magic Fishbone

A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, Aged 7

Published by Good Press, 2019

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EAN 4057664136640

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The story contained herein was written by Charles Dickens in 1867. It is the second of four stories entitled Holiday Romance and was published originally in a children’s magazine in America. It purports to be written by a child aged seven. It was republished in England in All the Year Round in 1868. For this and four other Christmas pieces Dickens received £1,000.

Holiday Romance was published in book form by Messrs Chapman & Hall in 1874, with Edwin Drood and other stories.

For this reprint the text of the story as it appeared in All the Year Round has been followed.

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Growing out of their clothes

several of the children were growing out of their clothes

There was once a King, and