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"The short story ""The Girls and I"" changed into written by means of Mrs. Molesworth, whose actual name changed into Mary Louisa Molesworth and who changed into a well-known English writer of children's books in the past due 1800s and early 1900s. The book tells a candy and touching story about the lives of 3 sisters. The story is ready three sisters, Babi, Betty, and Bran, who're the ""girls"" within the title. As orphans who have to address the difficult things that include being an infant, the sisters get thru the u.S.A. And downs of lifestyles and form a near bond this is at the heart of the story. The story Molesworth tells is about a collection of cousins, friendship, and growing as a person. The radical takes place inside the stunning English nation-state and captures the innocence and marvel of childhood. Mrs. Molesworth's tales are regarded for being heat and honest, with people and conditions that younger readers can relate to. ""The Girls and I"" is a super instance of Mrs. Molesworth's talent at writing books for kids which might be each a laugh and teach them morals. Through the reports and studies of the three sisters, the book teaches critical classes about lifestyles and is a lovely look at Victorian kid's literature."

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"Mary Louisa Molesworth, née Stewart (29 May 1839 - 20 January 1921) was an English children's story writer who published under the pen name Mrs Molesworth. Her early adult novels, Lover and Husband (1869) to Cicely (1874), were published under the pen name Ennis Graham. Her name is sometimes spelled M. L. S. Molesworth. She was born in Rotterdam, the daughter of wealthy trader Charles Augustus Stewart (1809-1873) and his wife Agnes Janet Wilson (1810-1883). Mary was the youngest of four siblings. She was schooled in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and spent much of her childhood in Manchester. She married Major R. Molesworth, nephew of Viscount Molesworth, in 1861; they divorced in 1879. She spent the first few years of her marriage in Tabley Grange, near Knutsford in Cheshire, which she rented from George, 2nd Lord de Tabley. Mrs. Molesworth is best known for her children's stories, including Tell Me a Story (1875), Carrots (1876), The Cuckoo Clock (1877), The Tapestry Room (1879), and A Christmas Child (1880). She's been dubbed ""the Jane Austen of the nursery,"" and The Carved Lions (1895) is considered ""her masterpiece."" According to Roger Lancelyn Green."

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