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MRS LIRRIPER Classics "will do nothing but harmby Charles Dickens Foreword by Philip Hensher Recently widowed, Mrs Lirriper devotes her energies to attending to the needs of her assorted lodgers. But when a newborn child is abandoned to her care, her responsibilities extend to new levels, and she enlists a long term lodger, the Major, into the role of joint guardian. The two develop a great affection for the child, and to keep him entertained they relate the stories of their fellow lodgers, little