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In an old town, in an old street, there stood a very old house.... as if it and the people who inhabited it had got so old that they could not get any older, and had outlived the possibility of change.

Mary Louisa Molesworth

Grumbling, as things are at present arranged in this world, does not always, nor I might say often, do good...

Mary Louisa Molesworth

Kindnesses have wings and roots... wings that never droop, and roots that never die.

Mary Louisa Molesworth

Mary Louisa Molesworth

Mary Louisa Molesworth

Born: May 29, 1839

Died: January 20, 1921 (aged 81)

Bio: Mary Louisa Molesworth, née Stewart was an English writer of children's stories who wrote for children under the name of Mrs Molesworth. Her first novels, for adult readers, Lover and Husband to Cicely, appeared under the pseudonym of Ennis Graham.

Known for:

The Cuckoo Clock (1877)
The Tapestry Room (1879)
The adventures of Herr Baby (1881)
The children of the castle (1890)
The Carved Lions (1895)

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