Publisher's Synopsis
Polly: A New Fashioned Girl is a children's novel written by L. T. Meade. The story revolves around a young girl named Polly, who is raised by her grandfather in a small village in England. Polly is a kind-hearted and independent girl who is not interested in following the latest fashion trends. She prefers to wear simple clothes and spends most of her time reading books and helping her grandfather in his garden.However, Polly's life takes a turn when her grandfather passes away, and she is sent to live with her wealthy aunt in London. Polly is excited about exploring the city and meeting new people, but she soon realizes that her aunt and her cousins are obsessed with fashion and social status. They constantly criticize Polly for her simple clothes and lack of social skills.Despite the challenges, Polly remains true to herself and refuses to change who she is. She befriends a group of unconventional artists and writers who appreciate her for who she is. Polly also helps her aunt and cousins realize that there is more to life than fashion and social status.Polly: A New Fashioned Girl is a heartwarming story about staying true to oneself and the importance of kindness and compassion. It teaches children the value of individuality and the power of friendship.1911. L.T. Meade, English novelist, wrote her first book, Lettie's Last Home, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. Most of her more than fifty novels deal largely with questions of home life. Polly begins: It was an intensely hot July day-not a cloud appeared in the high blue vault of the sky; the trees, the flowers, the grasses, were all motionless, for not even the gentlest zephyr of a breeze was abroad; the whole world seemed lapped in a sort of drowsy, hot, languorous slumber. Even the flowers bowed their heads a little weariedly, and the birds after a time ceased singing, and got into the coolest and most shady parts of the great forest trees. There they sat and talked to one another of the glorious weather, for they liked the heat, although it made them too lazy to sing. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
