Frances Little: 7 books

5 works of Frances Little American author (1863-1941) This ebook presents a collection of 5 works of Frances Little. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Lady of the Decoration Little Sister Snow Mr. Bamboo and the Honorable Little God The House of the Misty Star The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to The Lady of the Decoration

This volume collects the first three works by Frances Little (1863-1941), which was the pseudonym for the American author Fannie Caldwell. In the early twentieth century, Little lived in Japan, and her fiction reflects her experiences there. Her debut book and the most successful of her works--it...

It must have been the name that made me take that little house on the hilltop. It was mostly view, but the title—supplemented by the very low rent—suggested the first line of a beautiful poem. Nobody knows who began the custom or when, but for unknown years a night-light had been kept burning...

Set in Japan from 1901 to 1905, The Lady of the Decoration is a novel in the form of letters written by a young missionary schoolteacher who travels to Vladivostok, Russia, as a result of the Russo-Japanese War. The novel captured the imagination of the American public, who knew very little about Japan at the time.

Set between 1901 and 1905, the story is presented as the diary of a young missionary kindergarten teacher in Hiroshima, Japan who travels to Vladivostock, Russia as a consequence of the Russo-Japanese War. At the dawn of the 20th Century, most Americans knew almost nothing of Japan, and Little's novel...

The romantic adventure sequel to The Lady of the Decoration.