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In the Closed Room

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

This is a short story about a shy, quiet little girl living in a big city. When her parents are offered the opportunity to take care of a house in the suburbs for the summer she meets another little girl in the house and they become playmates.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1904

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

England, United States

Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1853, when Frances was 3 years old, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the U...

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