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Moth Manor: A Gothic Tale
A young girl takes charge of rescuing a haunted dollhouse and the special dolls that inhabit it from being sold to an antique dealer. Illustrated by Gail Burroughs.
148 pages, hardcover
First published January 1, 1978
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January 16, 2023
It seemed this book was going to be a charmingly descriptive read however it turns very sour after page forty. I loathed Mimi as an adult because for some odd reason she turned out insensitive and icy. She treated her niece so coldly it was disturbing as well the stupid attitude of her housekeeper and the antique dealer asshole. Poor Monica, a little girl who only longed to keep and enjoy the dollhouse that was in her family and truly should belong to her! There is no joy in this book, only aggravation! I don’t recommend it to anyone! What you have to go through reading it to reach the end is unworthy of your time. A trifle of sweet moments with the dolls are few and far between. In the meantime you will tediously read over the boring encounters of the other under developed human characters and the frosty, unloving treatment of a sweet child who only wishes to bring a dollhouse back to life.
I have been searching for delightful dollhouse reads. This is not one of them. However I did recently enjoy a very petite book by Francesca Lia Block entitled, House of Dolls. The story itself is quite short and sweet with its refined detail; what I frothed over were Barbara McClintock’s gorgeous black and white illustrations without which the book would be far less desirable! Thusly, I have now collected several of her illustrated books!
I have been searching for delightful dollhouse reads. This is not one of them. However I did recently enjoy a very petite book by Francesca Lia Block entitled, House of Dolls. The story itself is quite short and sweet with its refined detail; what I frothed over were Barbara McClintock’s gorgeous black and white illustrations without which the book would be far less desirable! Thusly, I have now collected several of her illustrated books!
September 28, 2025
Dolls aren't spooky in this book, they're totally charming and a little bit heartbreaking. A forgotten children's classic.
January 6, 2025
Recommended by Grady Hendrix; I’d never heard about this one before. I’m very happy he posted about this quick and quaint read: I love stories featuring doll’s houses.
This particular story deals with a doll house with it’s own secret life (at least whenever the people aren’t looking), and follows a missing porcelain doll and the soldier-doll who swore he would find her.
It ended up being a gothic children’s tale so comforting it feels like you must have read it before and took me right back to memories of reading HC Andersen as a child.
It’s ultimately a story about childhood and coming to terms with the childhood you left behind where you can only hope you won’t loose your sense of magic. It might not be easy to come by a copy of this book but it’s worth picking up if you should be lucky enough to spot it.
This particular story deals with a doll house with it’s own secret life (at least whenever the people aren’t looking), and follows a missing porcelain doll and the soldier-doll who swore he would find her.
It ended up being a gothic children’s tale so comforting it feels like you must have read it before and took me right back to memories of reading HC Andersen as a child.
It’s ultimately a story about childhood and coming to terms with the childhood you left behind where you can only hope you won’t loose your sense of magic. It might not be easy to come by a copy of this book but it’s worth picking up if you should be lucky enough to spot it.
March 13, 2015
Kind of creeped me out when I was a kid.
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