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The Peacock at Home,

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First published: 1807
Pages: 35

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Catherine Ann Turner Dorset's "The Peacock at Home" is a charming follow-up to "The Butterfly's Ball." Originally published in 1838, this charming story poem shows a variety of birds and animals. The peacock throws a lavish ball in the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, where the story takes place. The novel is considered as a classic in young adult fiction because of its colorful descriptions and fascinating story.

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Catherine Ann Turner Dorset

Catherine Ann Turner Dorset created children's verse that linked literary satire with natural-history observation. Born Catherine Ann Turner, she was the younger sister of novelist and poet Charlotte Smith, and some of her earliest poems appeared anonymously in Smith's Conversations Introducing Poetry.

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