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First published in the United States of America by Houghton Mifflin and Company 1903
This edition with an introduction by Susan K. Harris published by Penguin Books 2005
1. Girls—Fiction. 2. Aunts—Fiction. 3. Sisters—Fiction. 4. Older women—Fiction. 5. Maine—Fiction.
I. Harris, Susan K., 1945- II. Thomson, Shawn, 1966- III. Title.
PS3302.R5 2005
813’.52—dc22 2004058724
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