Weird parallels

[derien]

I just finished reading "The Lost Prince," by Frances Hodgson Burnett (she also wrote "The Secret Garden", "A Little Princess", and "Little Lord Fauntleroy"). And just at the end I felt like I'd slipped sideways into another universe, when a Count Vorversk showed up, with his coachman and footman in dark brown and gold liveries. Suddenly I realized that the description of the main character, Marco, really reminded me of the description of young Gregor, and that his sidekick, "The Rat", seemed kind of slightly Miles-ish (walks with crutches and has much more imagination than Marco for figuring things out) though in the Victorian time period and growing up poor.

Anyone else read this one?

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[desertvixen]

I'd read it but didn't connect...