Long Ago When I Was Young (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Edith Nesbit
- First Published: 1966
- Time of Work: 1860–1872
- Setting: England and France
- Principal Characters: Daisy, Mrs. Nesbit, Alfred, Harry, Madame Lourdes, Marguerite Lourdes
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Children, Family or family life, Adolescence, Authors or writers, Autobiography, Schools or school life, Novelists, England or English people
- Locales: France, England
Form and Content
The twelve chapters that compose Long Ago When I Was Young were first published serially in The Girl’s Own Paper magazine beginning in October, 1896. Because E. Nesbit intended them to be read as separate installments, each chapter is loosely organized around some theme and can therefore be enjoyed independently from the other eleven. Because these vignettes are arranged according to theme and not time, the chronology of Nesbit’s early years does not develop in a straightforward manner. Nevertheless, an overall pattern emerges.
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