"Old Kensington" by Anne Thackeray Ritchie is a heartwarming story seen through the eyes of young Dolly Vanborough and her brother George as they grow up in Kensington during the late 1800s. The book explores their childhood adventures, the strong ties that bind families together, and how time changes everything. It paints a picture of a peaceful town slowly becoming a bustling city, where these children spend their days playing and exploring, and the people around them deal with tragic times of mourning. The story hints at difficult times and the inevitable journey of getting older, touching on the joys and innocence of youth while at the same time starting to build questions about the tough stuff that's coming up.
Old Kensington
By Anne Thackeray Ritchie
In a world shaped by shifting times, follow two siblings as they navigate their youth, family ties, memory, and losses in a town on the edge of transformation.
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About the AuthorAnne Isabella, Lady Ritchie, eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, was an English writer, whose several novels were appreciated in their time and made her a central figure on the late Victorian literary scene. She is noted especially as the custodian of her father's literary legacy, and for short fiction that places fairy tale narratives in a Victorian milieu. Her 1885 novel Mrs. Dymond introduced into English the proverb, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life."
Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie, eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, was an English writer, whose several novels were appreciated in their time and made her a central figure on the late Victorian literary scene. She is noted especially as the custodian of her father's literary legacy, and for short fiction that places fairy tale narratives in a Victorian milieu. Her 1885 novel Mrs. Dymond introduced into English the proverb, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life."
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