Jeremy Cole wakes on his eighth birthday in a big stone house on Orange Street, Polchester, in the 1890s, son of a clergyman and brother to two sisters. Over the following year he acquires a dog, goes to the Christmas pantomime, quarrels and makes friends, and begins to see the grown-ups around him with new and uncomfortable clarity.
A novel about childhood written for adults, and one of Walpole’s most affectionate books. Download the free EPUB.