It‘s Victoria Day today in Canada (National Patriots‘ Day in Quebec) so I picked up this children‘s story written by Queen Victoria when she was ten years old. It‘s illustrated with the paper dolls she and her governess made and painted, which are then added into scenes by a modern artist.
The story itself is sweet and funny; one of the students at the boarding school is a French orphan with an eyepatch who lost an eye due to smallpox. 🫢
Tamra Yikes! 6mo
LeahBergen @Tamra Right? And she just added it into her little story like it was a common occurrence. 😳 6mo
Tamra @LeahBergen seems so incongruous. 🫤 6mo
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Jess_Read_This Ohhh… wow.. setting the bar early for tragic Victorian plots. It‘s kind of amazing for me to think about how I‘m not sure if I even knew what smallpox was when I was ten unless it was something I read about. And she‘s a ten year old incorporating it into her story characters! Just how vastly different times are. 6mo
LeahBergen @Jess_Read_This @Tamra It‘s a totally bizarre little tale. I recommend giving it a quick read if you ever come across it! 6mo
rubyslippersreads What an adorable book! Isn‘t there a girl doll with an eyepatch in![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Racketty-Packetty House 6mo
Racketty-Packetty Houserubyslippersreads Or it could beThe Dolls' House 6mo
The Dolls' HouseLeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I‘m going to go and check! 6mo
