Title The strange affair of Adelaide Harris / Leon Garfield ; illustrated by Fritz Wegner

Published London : Longman, 1971

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MELB SPCBC	819 garfie Leo/Sao		LIB USE ONLY

Description 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Summary Harris decides to expose his infant sister Adelaide on the Sussex Downs in the hope that she, like Romulus and Remus, will be suckled by a she-wolf. Thus he sets in train an amazing chain of events Notes Fiction in English, 1900-. Texts (BNB/PRECIS) Audience For adolescents Subject Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. Experiments -- Juvenile fiction Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043323 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Historical fiction. Humorous fiction. Fiction. Author Wegner, Fritz. LC no. bnb58215095 ISBN 0582150957

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