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* WifeHusbandry: Lightly touched on. In the book, the middle-aged Mr. Salteena is fond of having young women come visit him so that he may present them to proper society; he proposes to his latest female friend, Ethel, only to have her turn him down, all done in genteel form, of course. His heartbreak is tempered by Ethel's new gentleman friend getting him a peerage.
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''The Young [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle Visiters]]'', or Mr. Salteena's Plan, is an 1890 novel concerning Mr. Alfred Salteena's quest to woo a guest of his, a lovely young lady called Ethel Monticue. When Mr. Salteena introduces Miss Monticue to his friend, a high-class gentleman named Bernard Clark, sparks fly between the pair and a LoveTriangle is formed. Dispirited, Mr. Salteena starts taking "gentleman classes" from his socially superior friend in order to win Ethel's heart.
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''The Young [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle Visiters]]'', or Mr. ''Mr. Salteena's Plan, Plan'', is an 1890 novel concerning Mr. Alfred Salteena's quest to woo a guest of his, a lovely young lady called Ethel Monticue. When Mr. Salteena introduces Miss Monticue to his friend, a high-class gentleman named Bernard Clark, sparks fly between the pair and a LoveTriangle is formed. Dispirited, Mr. Salteena starts taking "gentleman classes" from his socially superior friend in order to win Ethel's heart.
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* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: Most editions preserve the misspellings, and TheFilmOfTheBook pronounces them phonetically. [[RuleOfFunny Because it's funnier that way.]]way]].
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* WeddingsForEveryone: There are three weddings at the end, although Lord Clincham's marriage [[AwfulWeddedLife ends up rather unhappy]].
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* WeddingsForEveryone: There are three weddings at the end, although Lord Clincham's marriage [[AwfulWeddedLife ends up rather unhappy]].unhappy]].
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[[caption-width-right:300:Our author, Miss Margaret "Daisy" Ashford; Age 9]]
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The Prince of Wales. Though he's never named beyond his title, from the time period, it's safe to say this is the prince who eventually becomes King Edward VII. This is carried over into the movie, where he's played by Creator/SimonRussellBeale, and is pretty clearly meant to be Edward.
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* OldFashionedRowboatDate: [[spoiler:Bernard proposes to Ethel]] after one of these.
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* OldFashionedRowboatDate: [[spoiler:Bernard proposes to Ethel]] after one of these.these.
* UnclePennybags: The Prince of Wales, who fairly blithely gives Mr. Salteena a peerage just because he likes him.
* WeddingsForEveryone: There are three weddings at the end, although Lord Clincham's marriage [[AwfulWeddedLife ends up rather unhappy]].
* UnclePennybags: The Prince of Wales, who fairly blithely gives Mr. Salteena a peerage just because he likes him.
* WeddingsForEveryone: There are three weddings at the end, although Lord Clincham's marriage [[AwfulWeddedLife ends up rather unhappy]].
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Written in 1890 by a nine-year-old Margaret "Daisy" Ashford, the manuscript of ''The Young Visiters'' was rediscovered by its author twenty-seven years later. She lent the manuscript to a friend who was recovering from an illness. Two years later in 1919, ''The Young Visiters'' was published as a novel with a preface written by [[PeterPan J. M. Barrie]]. It should be noted that Ashford wrote in her manuscript the title as ''The Young Vis'''e'''ters'', but it was published as ''The Young Vis'''i'''ters''.
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Written in 1890 by a nine-year-old Margaret "Daisy" Ashford, the manuscript of ''The Young Visiters'' was rediscovered by its author twenty-seven years later. She lent the manuscript to a friend who was recovering from an illness. Two years later in 1919, ''The Young Visiters'' was published as a novel with a preface written by [[PeterPan [[Literature/PeterPan J. M. Barrie]]. It should be noted that Ashford wrote in her manuscript the title as ''The Young Vis'''e'''ters'', but it was published as ''The Young Vis'''i'''ters''.
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The comedy of the novel results from the way Daisy imitated grown-up fiction without understanding adult behaviour, particularly the conventions of the time with regard to relations between the sexes.
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The novel was made into a MadeForTVMovie in 2003 with HughLaurie as Bernard Clark.
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''The Young [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle Visiters]]'', or Mr. Salteena's Plan, is an 1890 novel concerning Mr. Alfred Salteena's quest to woo a guest of his, a lovely young lady called Ethel Monticue. When Mr. Salteena introduces Miss Monticue to his friend, a high-class gentleman named Bernard Clark, sparks fly between the pair and a LoveTriangle is formed. Dispirited, Mr. Salteena starts taking "gentleman classes" from his socially superior in order to win Ethel's heart.
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''The Young [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle Visiters]]'', or Mr. Salteena's Plan, is an 1890 novel concerning Mr. Alfred Salteena's quest to woo a guest of his, a lovely young lady called Ethel Monticue. When Mr. Salteena introduces Miss Monticue to his friend, a high-class gentleman named Bernard Clark, sparks fly between the pair and a LoveTriangle is formed. Dispirited, Mr. Salteena starts taking "gentleman classes" from his socially superior friend in order to win Ethel's heart.
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''The Young [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle Visiters]]'', or Mr. Salteena's Plan, is an 1890 novel concerning Mr. Alfred Salteena Salteena's quest to woo a guest of his, a lovely young lady called Ethel Monticue. When Mr. Salteena introduces Miss Monticue to his friend, a high-class gentleman named Bernard Clark, sparks fly between the pair and a LoveTriangle is formed. Dispirited, Mr. Salteena starts taking "gentleman classes" from his socially superior in order to win Ethel's heart.
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->"''Mr Salteena was an elderly man of 42 and was fond of asking peaple to stay with him. He had quite a young girl staying with him of 17 named Ethel Monticue.''"\\
--The first two lines of the novel
''The Young [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle Visiters]]'', or Mr. Salteena's Plan, is an 1890 novel concerning Mr. Alfred Salteena to woo a guest of his, a lovely young lady called Ethel Monticue. When Mr. Salteena introduces Miss Monticue to his friend, a high-class gentleman named Bernard Clark, sparks fly between the pair and a LoveTriangle is formed. Dispirited, Mr. Salteena starts taking "gentleman classes" from his socially superior in order to win Ethel's heart.
Written in 1890 by a nine-year-old Margaret "Daisy" Ashford, the manuscript of ''The Young Visiters'' was rediscovered by its author twenty-seven years later. She lent the manuscript to a friend who was recovering from an illness. Two years later in 1919, ''The Young Visiters'' was published as a novel with a preface written by [[PeterPan J. M. Barrie]]. It should be noted that Ashford wrote in her manuscript the title as ''The Young Vis'''e'''ters'', but it was published as ''The Young Vis'''i'''ters''.
A MadeForTVMovie was released in 2003 with HughLaurie as Bernard Clark.
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!!This novel provides examples of:
* CostumePorn: Plenty of it; one plot point centres on knickerbockers.
* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: Most editions preserve the misspellings, and TheFilmOfTheBook pronounces them phonetically. [[RuleOfFunny Because it's funnier that way.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: 42-year-old Mr. Salteena pursues the 17-year-old Ethel. In the first paragraph of the novel, the author describes the former as an "elderly man" and the latter as a "young girl". [[spoiler:After Ethel marries the 29-year-old Bernard Clark, he weds an 18-year-old lady-in-waiting.]]
* OldFashionedRowboatDate: [[spoiler:Bernard proposes to Ethel]] after one of these.
--The first two lines of the novel
''The Young [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle Visiters]]'', or Mr. Salteena's Plan, is an 1890 novel concerning Mr. Alfred Salteena to woo a guest of his, a lovely young lady called Ethel Monticue. When Mr. Salteena introduces Miss Monticue to his friend, a high-class gentleman named Bernard Clark, sparks fly between the pair and a LoveTriangle is formed. Dispirited, Mr. Salteena starts taking "gentleman classes" from his socially superior in order to win Ethel's heart.
Written in 1890 by a nine-year-old Margaret "Daisy" Ashford, the manuscript of ''The Young Visiters'' was rediscovered by its author twenty-seven years later. She lent the manuscript to a friend who was recovering from an illness. Two years later in 1919, ''The Young Visiters'' was published as a novel with a preface written by [[PeterPan J. M. Barrie]]. It should be noted that Ashford wrote in her manuscript the title as ''The Young Vis'''e'''ters'', but it was published as ''The Young Vis'''i'''ters''.
A MadeForTVMovie was released in 2003 with HughLaurie as Bernard Clark.
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!!This novel provides examples of:
* CostumePorn: Plenty of it; one plot point centres on knickerbockers.
* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: Most editions preserve the misspellings, and TheFilmOfTheBook pronounces them phonetically. [[RuleOfFunny Because it's funnier that way.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: 42-year-old Mr. Salteena pursues the 17-year-old Ethel. In the first paragraph of the novel, the author describes the former as an "elderly man" and the latter as a "young girl". [[spoiler:After Ethel marries the 29-year-old Bernard Clark, he weds an 18-year-old lady-in-waiting.]]
* OldFashionedRowboatDate: [[spoiler:Bernard proposes to Ethel]] after one of these.
