Book written by Queen Victoria when she was ten to be published

[Blackleaf]

A children's story written by Queen Victoria when she was just 10 years old is to be published for the first time.

The short story was penned by the future monarch in 1829-30 and tells the story of a 12-year-old girl, Alice Laselles, who was sent away to boarding school after her mother died and her father remarried.

Alice befriends a host of characters, including a 'poor little French orphan' who has been half-blinded by small pox, and is falsely accused of smuggling a cat into the school but clears her name and eventually triumphs as 'one of the best learners in the school'.

Princess Victoria's story - which she also illustrated - was written in her 'Composition' notebook as part of her studies with her governess, Baroness Louise Lehzen, and kept in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle.

The tale will be published in June as 'The Adventures of Alice Laselles by Alexandrina Victoria, Aged 10 and ¾'.

Alexandrina was the young princess's first name but she became known as Victoria, her second name, when she was still a child.

Victoria became Queen aged just 18 in 1837.

Now you can buy the ultimate princess fairytale: Book written by Queen Victoria when she was aged ten set to be published

Children's story written by Queen Victoria aged 10 now set to be published
Short story tells tale of girl sent to boarding school after her mother died
Story written in monarch's 'Composition' notebook as part of her studies

By Vanessa Allen for the Daily Mail
9 April 2015
Daily Mail

The story was written by Queen Victoria in 1829-30 when she was just 10. Pictured: The monarch's illustrations to go with the book which is to be published in June

Princess (Queen) Victoria aged 11 in 1830 (Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2015)


A children's story written by Queen Victoria when she was just 10 years old is to be published for the first time.

The short story was penned by the future monarch in 1829-30 and tells the story of a 12-year-old girl, Alice Laselles, who was sent away to boarding school after her mother died and her father remarried.

Alice befriends a host of characters, including a 'poor little French orphan' who has been half-blinded by small pox, and is falsely accused of smuggling a cat into the school but clears her name and eventually triumphs as 'one of the best learners in the school'.

Princess Victoria's story was written in her 'Composition' notebook as part of her studies with her governess, Baroness Louise Lehzen, and kept in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle.

It bore the inscription: 'To my dear Mamma, this my first attempt at composition is affectionately and dutifully inscribed by her affectionate daughter, Victoria.'

In one passage, where Alice is told she is to be sent to boarding school, Victoria wrote: '"Oh do not send me away dear Pappa", exclaimed Alice Laselles, as she threw her arms around her Pappa's neck; "don't send me away, O let me stay with you." And she sobbed bitterly.'

The tale will be published in June as 'The Adventures of Alice Laselles by Alexandrina Victoria, Aged 10 and ¾'.

Alexandrina was the young princess's first name but she became known as Victoria, her second name, when she was still a child.

The original red notebook (pictured) in which Princess (later Queen) Victoria wrote her story as part of her studies with her governess, Baroness Louise Lehzen, has been kept in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle

The tale will be published in June as 'The Adventures of Alice Laselles by Alexandrina Victoria, Aged 10 and ¾'. Pictured: Scribblings in Queen Victoria's 'Composition' notebook in which she wrote the short story

The book has been illustrated with new pictures which feature her collection of paper dolls, which she made with her governess at Kensington Palace.

Jacqueline Wilson, author of the popular Tracy Beaker children's books, praised the future monarch's imagination and writing style.

In her introduction to the book, she said: 'If Victoria hadn't been destined to be Queen, I think she might have made a remarkable novelist.'

Victoria's adult journals were published during her lifetime but it is the first time her childhood story has been made public. The book will be published by the Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity.

The book (left) has been illustrated with new images which feature the monarch's collection of paper dolls, which she made with her governess at Kensington Palace. Right: The inscription featured in her original pad

Jacqueline Wilson, author of the Tracy Beaker books, praised the future monarch's imagination and writing

Queen Victoria in 1845 with her eldest daughter, also Victoria, who later became German Empress and Queen of Prussia. Both of them died in 1901

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[captain morgan]

Buckingham Palace must be pretty hard-up for cash these days

 

[DaSleeper]

 

[EagleSmack]

An excerpt from Queen Victoria's book

And the little princess said to the peasant girl...

"I shall have you as my maid"

And the peasant was so happy.

 

[Blackleaf]

I'm sure it will bring joy to millions of children for many, many, many, many years and decades to come.

 

[Spade]

See the peasant. See the peasant fall. See the peasant fall from hunger. Funny, funny, peasant!

I'm sure it will bring joy to millions of children for many, many, many, many years and decades to come.

Unfortunately, many, many, many, many, many will not read it.

 

[EagleSmack]

That's fortunate

 

[Blackleaf]

Unfortunately, many, many, many, many, many will not read it.

As is the case with every single one of the 130 million or so book titles ever published.

Here are the ten countries which publish the most new titles every year (number of new titles published every year rounded up to the nearest thousand):

1: China (440,000)
2: USA (305,000)
3: Britain (184,000)
4: Russia (102,000)
5: India (90,000)
6: Japan (83,000)
7: Germany (82,000)
8: Italy (62,000)
9: South Korea (48,000)
10: Spain (44,000)



20: Canada (20,000)

When you compare Britain's population to China and the USA, it shows just how much more literary productive Britain is compared to those two nations.

As for Canada, the less we say, the better.....

 

[Sal]

pretty sophisticated drawing for a kid...

well done

 

[Blackleaf]

pretty sophisticated drawing for a kid...

well done

That was in the days when children were properly educated at school and were severely punished when they stepped out of line by being cracked on their bare buttocks with a cane, long before schools became overrun by a left-wing cabal of teachers and governors who are more intereted in teaching the new religions of "multiculturalism and diversity" and "LGBT" rights than maths, science and English. As a result, most children nowadays leave school not being able to read, write and calculate properly but they do know how to worship in mosques (as a result of being forced to do so by their teachers whether they are Muslims or not). We need to bring back 19th Century values to our schools.

 

[Sal]

That was in the days when children were properly educated at school and were severely punished when they stepped out of line by being cracked on their bare buttocks with a cane, long before schools became overrun by a left-wing cabal of teachers and governors who are more intereted in teaching the new religions of "multiculturalism and diversity" and "LGBT" rights than maths, science and English. As a result, most children nowadays leave school not being able to read, write and calculate properly but they do know how to worship in mosques (as a result of being forced to do so by their teachers whether they are Muslims or not). We need to bring back 19th Century values to our schools.

I think perhaps you were born in the wrong century...hopefully by the time you land again things will be back to "the way they were"...of course you'd best hope you aren't one of the unwashed masses...gonna be a tough go if you are

my generation experienced a lot of violence and corporal punishment, shaming, and negligence, that's why this generation is so messed up the pendulum swung too far

that's a normal social dynamic, the pendulum will eventually settle in the middle where it should be

 

[Blackleaf]

I think perhaps you were born in the wrong century...hopefully by the time you land again things will be back to "the way they were"...of course you'd best hope you aren't one of the unwashed masses...gonna be a tough go if you are

Back to 19th Century values. That's the way forward. People are just getting fed up of the Left, now. The rise of commonsense parties like Ukip is proof of that.

my generation experienced a lot of violence and corporal punishment, shaming, and negligence, that's why this generation is so messed up the pendulum swung too far

Absolute codswallop.

that's a normal social dynamic, the pendulum will eventually settle in the middle where it should be

We need to clear out the left-wing teachers and the lefty-liberal teachings in our schools. We need to stop teaching "disabled, Muslim LGBT, crossdressing" rights to our kids and start teaching them proper things like maths, science and English again.

And, whilst we're at it, we should bring back caning and the strap for unruly pupils. Nowadays there are far too many pupils messing about in class because they know that there are no consequences for them. Modern children just don't know the meaning of the word "discipline" (because they've never been disciplined and because teachers are far too busy teaching them about handicapped, lesbian Muslims and purple penguins than teaching them spelling and grammar). We need to bring back corporal punishment and bring the fear factor back into classrooms. Any pupil stepping out of line will be caned on the bare buttocks or given the strap on their palms.

That way we will stop creating undisciplined, cheeky little gobsh*tes who know all about gay, crossdressing, black, Muslim women but can't read and write properly and instead create properly behaved children who show respect for adults and teachers and policemen and who can read and write properly and can do simple arithmetic.

All this is commonsense.

The death penalty also needs to be brought back.

 

[Sal]

Back to 19th Century values. That's the way forward. People are just getting fed up of the Left, now. The rise of commonsense parties like Ukip is proof of that.

Absolute codswallop.

We need to clear out the left-wing teachers and the lefty-liberal teachings in our schools. We need to stop teaching "disabled, Muslim LGBT, crossdressing" rights to our kids and start teaching them proper things like maths, science and English again.

And, whilst we're at it, we should bring back caning and the strap for unruly pupils. Nowadays there are far too many pupils messing about in class because they know that there are no consequences for them. Modern children just don't know the meaning of the word "discipline" (because they've never been disciplined and because teachers are far too busy teaching them about handicapped, lesbian Muslims and purple penguins than teaching them spelling and grammar). We need to bring back corporal punishment and bring the fear factor back into classrooms. Any pupil stepping out of line will be caned on the bare buttocks or given the strap on their palms.

That way we will stop creating undisciplined, cheeky little gobsh*tes who know all about gay, crossdressing, black, Muslim women but can't read and write properly and instead create properly behaved children who show respect for adults and teachers and policemen and who can read and write properly and can do simple arithmetic.

All this is commonsense.

The death penalty also needs to be brought back.

well that certainly is a tall order you have there...we are a litigious society good luck with exposing some kids buttocks not to even mention caning...

I would be shocked if the world devolved that much

of course with a WWlll we could go back that far and some people are indeed predicting another world war