Ethel Sybil Turner

Ethel Sybil Turner
Ethel Sybil Turner (1872-1958) was a prominent Australian novelist and children's author, best known for her classic novel "Seven Little Australians" published in 1894. Born in England, she emigrated to Australia as a child, where she later became a celebrated writer. Turner wrote numerous novels, many of which focused on the lives and adventures of young Australians, capturing the spirit and landscape of the country. Her work remains influential in Australian literature, particularly for its depiction of family life and childhood.

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CHAPTER I Before you fairly start this story I should like to give you just a word of warning. If you imagine you are going to read of model children, with perhaps; a naughtily inclined one to point a moral, you had better lay down the book immediately and betake yourself to 'Sandford and Merton' or similar standard juvenile works. Not one of the seven is really good, for the very excellent... more...