Memoirs of a Midget by Walter De la Mare

"Memoirs of a Midget" by Walter de la Mare is a novel published in 1921. The unnamed protagonist, Miss M., is a woman of extraordinarily small stature navigating a world not built for her. After her parents' deaths leave her alone at age twenty, she must forge her own path. She falls under the spell of the captivating but cruel Fanny Bowater, whose ambitions and manipulations lead to tragedy. Miss M. rejects the love of Mr. Anon, a dwarf who courts her, and becomes a living curiosity in the household of the wealthy Mrs. Monnerie. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Adapter De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956
LoC No. 22008937
Title Memoirs of a Midget
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_a_Midget
Credits Produced by David Starner, Martin Pettit and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Psychological fiction
Subject Young women -- Fiction
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Circus performers -- Fiction
Subject Difference (Psychology) -- Fiction
Subject Short people -- Fiction
Subject Dwarfs (Persons) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 39122
Release Date
Last Update Mar 26, 2012
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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