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The London School Board gave away 2,000 of Mrs Molesworth's books as prizes in 1877 alone.

Perhaps they did not know that – scandalously – she was separated from her husband. He does seem to have had an explosive temper, whether as a result of temperament or the head wounds sustained in the Afghan campaign or PTSD from his work putting down what was at the time called the Indian mutiny. Even her husband’s family were totally supportive of her leaving him.
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