Mrs Lirriper (Hesperus Classics)
Contributors: Philip Hensher (Foreword)
Edition: First Complete Ed Since 1865 edition
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Published: November 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781843911319
Subjects: 19th century fiction; Literature: Classics; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; English Literature - Individual Core Authors; Fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; FICTION_GENERAL; Fiction / General; Fiction / Literary; Classics; Fiction - General
Description: Contains short stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, Amelia Edwards, Charles Collins (Wilkie Collins's brother) and other Victorian writers. Published for the first time in 1863-64 in a Christmas Special to Household Worlds, 'Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings' and 'Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy'. Recently widowed, Mrs. Lirriper devotes her energies to attending to the needs of her assorted lodgers. But when a newborn child is abandoned to her care, her responsibilities extend to new levels. Enlisting long-time lodger, the Major, into the role of 'guardian', the two develop an increasing affection for the boy. In an effort to entertain the growing lad, they relate the stories of their fellow-lodgers, little knowing that they are about to embark on their own real-life tale of impending death, guilty secrets and mysterious legacies.