Books with author Mrs. L.T. Meade

Eileen, Marjorie, and Letitia Chetwynd were expected home from school. It was a bright day early in April, and Mrs. Chetwynd was seated in her luxurious London drawing-room conversing with her special friend, Mrs. Acheson. Two years ago Mrs. Chetwynd, on the death of her husband, a distinguished Indian officer, had returned to England. She was a fashionable, up-to-date-looking lady now. Her widow’s dress was carefully chosen—not too depressing, but all that was correct and proper.

L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork. She later moved to London, where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879. She began writing at 17 and produced over 300 books in her lifetime, being so prolific that not less than eleven new titles under her byline appeared in the first few years after her death. She was primarily known for her books for young people, of which the most famous was A World of Girls, published in 1886.

L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork. She later moved to London, where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879. She began writing at 17 and produced over 300 books in her lifetime, being so prolific that not less than eleven new titles under her byline appeared in the first few years after her death. She was primarily known for her books for young people, of which the most famous was A World of Girls, published in 1886.

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L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), a prolific writer of girls stories in late 19th century England. She began writing at 17 and produced over 300 books in her lifetime. Her most famous book was, A World of Girls, published in 1886. She was also the editor of a popular girl’s magazine Atlanta. She also co-authored a number of notable mystery novels. With Robert Eustace, she wrote The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings, which featured a gang headed by a female criminal mastermind, Madame Koluchy. She wrote also, with Eustace, The Sorceress of the Strand that had another female criminal, Madame Sara, and with Clifford Halifax, M.D., she wrote Stories from the Diary of a Doctor. Amongst her other works are How it All Came Round (1883), The Palace Beautiful (1887), Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl (1889), A Girl of the People (1905), The Girl and Her Fortune (1906), Turquoise and Ruby (1906), The Little School-Mothers (1907), Three Girls from School (1907), and The Court-Harman Girls (1908).

"Dumps" has lost her mother; and her father, a very learned man, allows the young girl to live too much her own life. Having difficulty becoming reconciled to her new step-mother, Grace Donnithorne, she is sent to school in France, where she suffers through breaking the rules. When her father becomes very ill, will it bring Dumps together with her step-mother at last..?

Nan Esterleigh, an orphan girl, makes her home with a friend of her mother's, where she has abundance of nice pets, good companions, and every comfort. She is quite happy until an act of deceit puts her in the power of an older and designing girl, and renders her very miserable. This wrong-doing casts a shadow over her life... and begs the question: will Nan ever rise again in the esteem of those around her?