Curated Short Stories and More from the 1880s—1930s.

VOL.

PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Works by Sophie May

Published September, 1886
Molly Dean has decided, with the solemn certainty only a nine-year-old can muster, that life at Hopvine Cottage is thoroughly unjust. Henrietta Prince has silk dresses and a pony carriage; Molly has an oil-stove and bushels of dishes. But when the baker Mr. Jones arrives with an unexpected gift of frosted citron cake, something shifts. What Molly does with that cake will either surprise you or break your heart. Possibly both.

Flappers & Fiction

A curated archive of short stories and writings from 1880s to the 1930s. We preserve and organize public-domain literature by theme and genre, offering readers a clear window into the ideas, lives, and imaginations of the past.

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