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Quotation from Five Children and It by E. Nesbit

“For London is like prison for children, especially if their relations are not rich.”

E. Nesbit (spoken by Narrator)

Five Children and It, Chapter 1 (Project Gutenberg #778)

Portrait of E. Nesbit

The narrator explains why the white house in the country seems a Fairy Palace to children who have spent two years in the city.

Citation: "For London is like prison for children, especially if their relations are not rich." — E. Nesbit, Five Children and It, Chapter 1 (Project Gutenberg #778). (id five-children-and-it-q1)

Portrait: Nesbit, Unknown author, Public domain.

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