Man and Maid by Edith Nesbit (1906)
The story revolves around a young girl who discovers that her family's new maid is actually a princess from a far-off land, forced into servitude by an evil witch's curse. The girl befriends the maid and together they concoct a plan to break the curse and restore the princess to her rightful throne.
By Edith Nesbit · First published 1906 · Genre: Romance, Adventure, Historical Fiction · 13 chapters · 74,662 words
First lines
The most extraordinary thing that ever happened to me was my going back to town on that day. I am a reasonable being; I do not do such things. I was on a bicycling tour with another man. We were far from the mean cares of an unremunerative profession; we were men not fettered by any given address, any pledged date, any preconcerted route. I went to bed weary and cheerful, fell asleep a mere animal -- a tired dog after a day's hunting -- and awoke at four in the morning that creature of nerves and fancies which is my other self, and which has driven me to all the follies I have ever kept company with. But even that second self of mine, whining beast and traitor as it is, has never played me such a trick as it played then. Indeed, something in the result of that day's rash act sets me wondering whether after all it could have been I, or even my other self, who moved in the adventure; whether it was not rather some power outside both of us.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Edith Nesbit
- Date: 1906 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Romance, Adventure, Historical Fiction
- Length: 74,662 words
- Structure: 13 chapters, 1,701 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Romance — The story revolves around a love story between the two main characters.
- Adventure — The plot includes elements of adventure, with the characters facing various challenges.
- Historical Fiction — The setting and context of the story are based on historical events and periods.
Tags
Romance · Fantasy · Adventure · Mystery · Humor · Satire · Social Commentary · Classics · Victorian Era · British Literature · Children's Fiction · Young Adult
Contents
- THE HAUNTED INHERITANCE
- THE POWER OF DARKNESS
- THE STRANGER WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
- RACK AND THUMBSCREW
- THE MILLIONAIRESS
- THE HERMIT OF "THE YEWS"
- THE AUNT AND THE EDITOR
- MISS MOUSE
- THE OLD WIFE
- THE HOUSE OF SILENCE
- THE GIRL AT THE TOBACCONIST'S
- WHILE IT IS YET DAY
- ALCIBIADES