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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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This edition
- 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
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- July 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #460
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