![]() ![]() “The House Without Windows” follows the main character, Eepersip, as she vanishes from home to live amongst the nature. According to a 1927 Hartford Courant newspaper article, Barbara could rattle off an easy 1200 words per hour. ![]() ![]() While other children her age frolicked in the neighbourhood with friends, Barbara sat alone with her trusty typewriter and her imagination. She would go on to completely transfix the literacy world but not only because of her writing skills Barbara’s life tragically went on to to eerily imitate the story line in her very own novel.īarbara was home-schooled and it was in this cloistered existence that she soon found solace in the form of imaginary friends and the characters in her novels. There was no doubt in anybody’s mind that Barbara was an exceptionally intelligent little girl. By eight, Barbara started working on her very first novel which would become a big success. As a young girl, Barbara was encouraged by her critic and editor mother and as the years went by, her skills developed extensively. ![]() Barbara Newhall Follett was the epitome of a child prodigy in 1927, the 12-year-old released her very first novel, “The House Without Windows.” Born to Wilson Follett – who was a critic and editor – and Helen Follett – who was a children’s writer – Barbara learned how to use a typewriter when she was just four or five-years-old. ![]()
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