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Phyllis Browne
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Phyllis Browne, "What Girls Can Do" (1880): 'When I was a girl I was passionately fond of reading ... I went to stay with a friend in the country, who had by some means or other become possessed of a number of three-volume novels of a questionable character. These were stored away in a box in the garret ... I discovered them ... I used to go into the garret, sit on the ground, and read all day long books of all kinds ...' (pp.104-05)
Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Phyllis Browne Print: Book
Thomas Dick : Christian Philosopher
Phyllis Browne, "What Girls Can Do" (1880): '[Having agreed with her father that she would read only books approved by him] I begged him to give me something to read. He handed to me Dr. Dick's "Christian Philosopher," which he had just read himself and enjoyed exceedingly ... I tried hard to read it, but it was beyond me ...' (pp.104-05)
