Dinah's Mammoth by Bernard Capes
Dinah's Mammoth is a novel that tells the story of a young girl named Dinah who discovers a mammoth in her backyard. The mammoth, which she names Manny, becomes a beloved pet and friend to Dinah and her family. However, as time passes, Dinah begins to realize that Manny is not like other pets and that he may hold the key to unlocking secrets of the past. Can you provide more information about this book?
By Bernard Capes · First published 1902 · Genre: Children's Literature, Adventure, Fantasy · 5,564 words
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On a day early in the summer of the present year Miss Dinah Groom was found lying dead off a field-path of the little obscure Wiltshire village which she had named her "rest and be thankful." At the date of her decease she was not an old woman, though any one marking her white hair and much-furrowed features might have supposed her one. The hair, however, was ample in quantity, the wrinkles rather so many under-scores of energy than evidences of senility; and until the blinds were down over her soul, she had looked into and across the world with a pair of eyes that seemed to reflect the very blue and white of a June sky. No doubt she had thought to breast the hills and sail the seas again in some renaissance of vigour. No doubt her "retreat," like a Roman Catholic's, was designed to be merely temporary. She aped the hermit for the sake of a sojourn in the hermitage. She came to her island of Avalon to be restored of her weary limbs and her blistered feet, so to speak; and there her heart, too weak for her spirit, failed her, and she fell amongst the young budding poppies, and died.
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- Work type: Short story
- Author: Bernard Capes
- Date: 1902 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Children's Literature, Adventure, Fantasy
- Length: 5,564 words
- Structure: 1 section, 87 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Children's Literature — The story revolves around a young girl named Dinah and her adventures, which is a commmon theme in children's literature.
- Adventure — The story includes elements of journey and exploration, which are vital components of adventure genre.
- Fantasy — The book features fantastic elements such as a mammoth, a creature from prehistoric times.
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Fiction · Novel · Adventure · Mystery · Science Fiction · Time Travel · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance · Coming of Age · Young Adult · Animals