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Daisy Ashford was a nine-year-old who read too many overwrought Victorian love stories when she wrote this unintentionally hilarious novella in 1890. She rediscovered the manuscript as an adult and was encouraged to publish it (with idiosyncratic spelling intact) in 1919 and it was an immediate hit. JM Barrie (author of Peter Pan) wrote the introduction and it later became a successful play.

A definite pick! 😆

I haven't read the tagged book yet, but it's on my list for #litsyclassics. #shortestclassicyouread And Vanity Fair is a favorite #chunksteryouread. #maylovesclassics #litsyclassicshost #foliosociety #foliofreaks

Written by a 9-year-old in 1890, and that's pretty much all you need to know.

"Young Visiters" (sic) was written by Daisy Ashford when she was 9 and is published with a foreword by J.M. Barrie. It is a very quick and funny read, full of spelling mistakes and available at Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21415/21415-h/21415-h.htm