The Children of the New Forest (The ^AWorld's Classics) - Softcover

Marryat, Frederick

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9780192827258: The Children of the New Forest (The ^AWorld's Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0192827251 ISBN 13: 9780192827258

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992

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In The Children of the New Forest, Marryat describes the trials and triumphs of the four Beverley children, orphaned during the English Civil War and forced to take refuge with a poor woodsman in the New Forest. This is the first annotated edition of a great children's classic, which has retained its popularity since 1847.

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About the Author:

Captain Frederick Marryatt (1792-1848) was born in London and went to sea at the age of thirteen. He became a captain in his twenties, and had many adventures before he became a writer.

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Grade 3-5-After their father died fighting for the Royalists in the British Civil War, four orphaned children hide in a cottage disguised as a forester's grandchildren where they learn to fend for themselves. By Captain Marryat.
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