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The Groaning Clock—Part II., Including the Story of "Fairy Godmothers"

Mrs. Molesworth

First published 1908
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

About 20000 words (Part II only). "The Groaning Clock" in two parts, containing "The Fairy Godmothers" within Part II, may be 28000 words with 11000 words contained.

Within Part II, character Frida reads to children "The Fairy Godmothers" from a book that she loved as a child. The reading begins on a stormy afternoon and finishes next afternoon; the contained story spans pp. 73 to 132 ("Frida shut her fat little book") with an interlude pp. 97-99.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1908 Fairies—of Sorts Macmillan and Co. Collection 38