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The Dawn of a To-morrow

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1906 · Drama & Literary

London, 1906. On the very night he means to end his life, a broken gentleman is stopped by Glad — a ragged girl of the slums whose fierce, luminous faith that 'there is no death, only a to-morrow' turns his despair into the dawn of a new life.

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Title
The Dawn of a To-morrow
Author
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924)
First published
1906
Illustrated plates
35 original artworks · 16 open to everyone
Chapters
4 · about 18,782 words
Reading time
1 h 15 min
Language
EN
Formats
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Publisher
LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
On LitLab since
July 2026
Rights
Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.

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