Mrs. Molesworth 3 hr 5 min read

In an old French house, a lonely little girl finds that the figures in her tapestry-hung room come alive by moonlight, opening doors to Frog-Land, the Forest of Rainbows, and other wonders.

Mrs. Molesworth's 1879 novel is a beloved classic of Victorian children's fantasy. Gentle, dreamlike, enchanting. Read it for a tender storybook of a child's twilight adventures into a tapestry's magical world, a warm, imaginative romance, beautifully illustrated by Walter Crane, from one of the great writers for children.

In its time

Published in 1879, during the 1870s, under the sea and around the moon.

Reading it

3 hr 5 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Walter Crane