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A Fair Barbarian is the 1881 romantic comedy by the famous author Franciss Hodgson Burnett.Octavia Bassett of Bloody Gulch, after a breakup with her sweetheart, decides to visit her Aunt Belinda in Slowbridge. Her apparel and automobile shock the inhabitants of Slowbridge, and... Read Full Overview

In this manner Slowbridge received the shock which shook it to its foundations, and it was a shock from which it did not recover for some time. Before ten o'clock the next morning, everybody knew of the arrival of Martin Bassett's daughter.The very boarding-school (Miss Pilcher's... Read Full Overview

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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 - 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).

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​​​​​​​Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! In Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Fair Barbarian, cultures clash when an affluent American heiress makes a splash in a sleepy British village. Octavia Bassett,... Read Full Overview

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover

In Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Fair Barbarian, cultures clash when an affluent American heiress makes a splash in a sleepy British village. Octavia Bassett, a spirited young woman who hails... Read Full Overview

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This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

A Fair Barbarian "Pretty, overdressed, jewel-bedecked Octavia Bassett," of Nevada, is one of the most fascinating characters that Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett ever drew. The story of the visit of this dashing young American girl to her father's sister in the staid, respectable,... Read Full Overview

A Fair Barbarian By Frances Hodgson Burnett

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

When the rather genteel and very English village of Slowbridge, whose social life revolves around its extremely conservative and aristocratic female matriarch, finds itself playing host to mills within its vicinity it seems a disaster. Mills mean smoke and dirt and coarse working... Read Full Overview

"Pretty, overdressed, jewel-bedecked Octavia Bassett," of Nevada, is one of the most fascinating characters that Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett ever drew. The story of the visit of this dashing young American girl to her father's sister in the staid, respectable, ultra-conservative... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

"A Fair Barbarian" from Frances Hodgson Burnett. American-English writer of plays and prose fiction (1849 - 1924).

""A Fair Barbarian"" is a novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of ""The Secret Garden"" and ""A Little Princess"". The story revolves around a young American girl named Miss Octavia Bassett, who comes to England to visit her relatives, the Vanderpoels. Octavia... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview