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Told in a French Garden

by Mildred Aldrich

American friends begin to summer in a beautiful French country house when WWI breaks out. They decide not to evacuate as the war encroaches. Their interactions are interwoven by the stories that they take turns telling after dinner each night to stimulate their nightly conversation and distract their thoughts from the war.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1916

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Mildred Aldrich

United States

Mildred Aldrich was an American journalist and writer. Aldrich was born in 1853 in Providence, Rhode Island. She grew up in Boston, taught at elementary school there and went on into journalism. For...

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