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Originally published 1876 Adaptations Helen's Babies (1924) | 3.7/5 Goodreads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Works by John Habberton Helen's Babies with Some Ac, Budge & Toddie, Country luck, Romance of California, The worst boy in town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Helen's Babies is a humorous novel by American journalist and author John Habberton, first published in 1876.
Contents
The book's full title is: Helen's Babies: With Some Account of Their Ways Innocent, Crafty, Angelic, Impish, Witching, and Repulsive, Also, a Partial Record of Their Actions During Ten Days of Their Existence.
In its early editions the author was noted anonymously as "By Their Latest Victim".
Criticism
G. K. Chesterton included an essay on Helen's Babies in his collection Generally Speaking.
The book is cited in George Orwell's 1945 essay "Good Bad Books" as an example of "the kind of book that has no literary pretensions but which remains readable when more serious productions have perished." It is also discussed by Orwell in his 1946 essay "Riding Down from Bangor".
Film version
Helen's Babies was adapted into a film of the same name in 1924, directed by William A. Seiter.