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The Green Door

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A locked door in an old cheese-room becomes the chief grievance of Letitia, a girl who already wants finer clothes, more sweets, and newer furniture. Her lively Great-aunt Peggy keeps her busy with lessons, sewing, games, and walks, but refuses to explain the little green door. One cold January Sunday, Letitia finds its key and opens it onto a wintry forest.

In this children's fantasy by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, curiosity carries Letitia into her family's past and the unfamiliar demands of life in a log cabin. She knits beside an ancestor who shares her name, weighs the risks of another mysterious doorway, and recognizes a visitor's name from the family tree. The story connects an adventure through time with a lesson about discontent and obedience. Its household details give readers a concrete way to compare a child's everyday comforts with the lives of earlier generations.

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was an American novelist, poet and children's writer. Her ghost stories have been anthologized often, and her collection "Young Lucretia and Other Stories" is among her titles. In 1925 she received the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Author: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Reading time: About 40 minutes
Pages: 23
Language: English
Genre: Childrens Classics
Formats: PDF, EPUB, Read online