Set in 1950's Yorkshire district of England in what I like to call William Mayne country. William Mayne wrote about 100 children's books between 1957 and 2007 averaging 2 books a year. I've written about him in previous posts because I like his writing.
Here's another sample that's just one sentence:
There were lizards instead of butlers,
spiders instead of housemaids,
mice instead of horses in stables,
and the owners were now poor,
sweet butterflies and not rich Londoners.
page 67, from The Rolling Season, William Mayne, 1960
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