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3.0
Young adult historical fiction from the nineteenth century! How adorable! Reading like a cross between The Shakespeare Stealer and Oliver Twist, this heavily romantacized little tale of a young Elizabethan boy coming to London and meeting Shakespeare had very little historical accuracy, emotional realism, or thematic complexity, let alone thoughtful characterization of Shakespeare himself and addressing of his legend. But there was still something entirely charming about it, as with much children's literature from that era.
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