Description
Book SynopsisA romantic and comic gem from a precocious Victorian nine-year-old that has charmed readers for a century
The Young Visiters is a comic masterpiece that has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1919. A classic story of life and love in later Victorian England as seen from the nursery window, it was written in 1890 by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford.
It all starts when Alfred Salteena, who is 'not quite the right side of the blanket', takes young Ethel Montacue to stay with his friend Bernard Clarke... Daisy Ashford has an exquisite eye for matchmaking and manners in English society, and her tale, with its hilarious observation and idiosyncratic spelling, is as irresistible today as it ever was.
This edition of The Young Visiters is illustrated with drawings by Posy Simmonds which are as enchanting and witty as the story. The text has been transcribed from the original manuscript and includes J.M. Barrie's famous preface to the first edition.
Trade ReviewI adore The Young Visiters, with its delightful voice and exuberant spellings... A blissful book -- Nina Stibbe
Funny and touching... one of my favourite comfort reads -- Ruth Ware
If you haven’t read The Young Visiters before you’re in for a treat. Mr Salteena will make you laugh on even the grimmest of days -- Tracy Chevalier
A total one off, a magic book that has been in the shelves almost all my life and which I go back to with a thrill every decade to so to remind myself why I love it so much -- Juliet Nicolson
Wonderful… A forgotten gem of a book but so influential in so many ways -- Joanne Harris
