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| | Historical novels - Lizzie Series - set in England by J. Robert Whittle (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Set in historical 19th century England, follow the remarkable life of Lizzie Short as this young street waif becomes a compassionate kid-entrepreneur, and later, a highly respected businesswoman in London. |
 | | He describes Lizzie as a girl who didn't have a father to educate her to the fact that in those days girls weren't supposed to think! |
 | | Thus Lizzie turns out to be unusual for her time--a gifted, enterprising and considerate young girl-woman who by her own will, perseverance and intelligence, finds a way to survive, and, help others, despite her earlier poverty. |
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