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Apprentices
  
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Apprentices (Paperback)

by Leon Garfield (Author)
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An early work by the author of The December Rose features the tales of 12 apprentices, each one dreaming of a better life. Ages 10-14.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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Life for 18th-century London apprentices was often hard, but their hopes and dreams are the stuff of these stories. From chilly October, through Christmas, Valentine's Day, May Day and midsummer, a story for each month is included in this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars why's it out of print???, Feb 16 2002
By "teencynic" (Nicosia, Cyprus) - See all my reviews
This is probably one of the best books I've ever read. Novels. It's very simple, from the speech to the layout, but it's dealt with so beautifully that even the macabre side isn't disturbing.

Set in the sometimes-seamy underworld of the 18th century, it starts with an odd-job boy who becomes apprenticed to a lamplighter after doing the man a favour. Then, as the year goes by, it's woven in with the tales of eleven other apprentices. From the undertaker's daughter on Valentine's Day to the wig maker's assistant charming girls for their hair, there are tales of love, either lost or won, of misery, or just the joy of being alive.

Like, when I like a book, it's hard to write about it lucidly, but please believe me -it's wonderful.

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