Author:Isabel Peacocke

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(1881–1973)
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New Zealand children's writer and novelist who wrote in the early twentieth century.

Works

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Children's stories

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  • Songs of the happy isles (1910)
  • My Friend Phil (1915) IA
  • Dicky, knight-errant (1916)
  • Patricia - Pat (1917)
  • Robin of the round house (1918)
  • Piccaninnies (1920)
  • Sand playmates (1920)
  • Ginger (1921)
  • Teenywiggles (1921)
  • The boy heroes of France / adapted from Henty's "The young franc-tireurs" (1921)
  • The last of the barons / adapted from Lord Lytton's novel (1921)
  • The three calenders : stories of the three calenders, sons of kings, and of five ladies of Bagdad / adapted from "The Arabian nights entertainments" by Clyde F. Carr. (1921)
  • David Copperfield's youth / adapted from the story of David Copperfield (Charles Dickens) (1922)
  • Gulliver's travels in Lilliput / adapted from Dean Swift's famous book (1922)
  • Martin's adventures in Brazil / adapted from R.M. Ballantyne's "Martin Rattler" (1922)
  • The cottage in the forest / adapted from Capt. Marryat's "The children of the new forest" (1922)
  • Quicksilver (1922)
  • The adopted family (1923)
  • Little bit o' sunshine (1924)
  • Little Tom and the water folk / adapted from Charles Kingsley's "The water babies" (1924)
  • The house at Journey's End (1925)
  • His kid brother (1926)
  • The misdoings of Micky and Mac (1926)
  • Brenda and the babes (1927)
  • When I was seven (1927)
  • Tatters : the story of a faithful comrade (1928)
  • The runaway princess (1929)
  • Waif's progress (1929)
  • Haunted Island (1930)
  • The dwarf of Dark Mountain (1931)
  • The cruise of the Crazy Jane (1932)
  • The guardians of Tony (1933)
  • Cathleen with a "C" (1934)
  • Marjolaine (1935)
  • The good intentions of Angela (1937)
  • Lizbett Anne (1939)

Novels

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  • Cinderella's suitors : a novel (1918)
  • The guardian : a novel (1920)
  • Figs from thistles : a novel (1921)
  • April, May, June (1943)
  • Shadow Valley (1945)
  • London called them (1946)
  • Halcyon's family (1947)
  • Deadly Nightshade (1948)
  • Rich man's ridge (1949)
  • Concerning the Marlows (1950)
  • No more tears (1951)
  • The little tree (1952)
  • The uncertain lover (1953)
  • Change partners (1955)
  • Incompatibles in love (1955)

Poetry

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  • The bonny book of humorous verse (1920)
  • Butterfingers, or, Green fingers gone wrong : a book for disgruntled gardeners (1945)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1973, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 50 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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