A Fair Barbarian

""A Fair Barbarian"" is a novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of ""The Secret Garden"" and ""A Little Princess"". The story revolves around a young American girl named Miss Octavia Bassett, who comes to England to visit her relatives, the Vanderpoels. Octavia is a free-spirited and unconventional girl who is used to the ways of the Wild West. Her arrival in England causes a stir in the Vanderpoel household, where she is seen as a ""fair barbarian"". Octavia's frankness and lack of social graces make her an unlikely heroine, but she soon wins the hearts of the Vanderpoel family and their friends. Octavia's adventures include a trip to London, where she meets a handsome young artist named Mr. Cressy, who is smitten with her. However, Octavia is more interested in his work than in him. The novel explores themes of culture clash, love, and the clash of old and new ways of life. It is a charming and witty story that is sure to delight readers of all ages.1901. Burnett, began as a novelist, but she is now best remembered for her children�������s books including The Secret Garden and Sara Crewe (which was later rewritten to become The Little Princess). Her romance novels were also quite popular during her lifetime. A Fair Barbarian begins: Slowbridge had been shaken to its foundations. It may as well be explained, however, at the outset, that it would not take much of a sensation to give Slowbridge a great shock. In the first place, Slowbridge was not used to sensations, and was used to going on the even and respectable tenor of its way, regarding the outside world with private distrust, if not open disfavor. The new mills had been a trial to Slowbridge, a sore trial. On being told of the owners������� plan of building them, old Lady Theobald, who was the corner-stone of the social edifice of Slowbridge, was said, by a spectator, to have turned deathly pale with rage; and, on the first day of their being opened in working order, she had taken to her bed, and remained shut up in her darkened room for a week, refusing to see anybody, and even going so far as to send a scathing message to the curate of St. James, who called in fear and trembling, because he was afraid to stay away. 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.