E. Nesbit 
Lark 
Introduction by Booker Prize-Winning Author Penelope Lively

‘A charming and brilliantly entertaining novel… shot through with the light-hearted Nesbit touch’ Penelope Lively, from the introduction"When did two girls of our age have such a chance as we’ve got – to have a lark entirely on our own? No chaperone, no rules, no…""No present income or future prospects, " said Lucilla.It’s 1919 and Jane and her cousin Lucilla leave school to find that their guardian has gambled away their money, leaving them with only a small cottage in the English countryside. In an attempt to earn their living, the orphaned cousins embark on a series of misadventures – cutting flowers from their front garden and selling them to passers-by, inviting paying guests who disappear without paying – all the while endeavouring to stave off the attentions of male admirers, in a bid to secure their independence.’To come upon any Nesbit today, hitherto unread… is like receiving a letter from a friend whom you have believed dead’ New York Times’A wry, charming delight of a book’ The Pool