--- title: "2 Lucy M. Boston Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "English children's writer (1892-1990)... | Lucy Maria Boston was an English novelist who wrote for children and adults, publishing her work entirely aft..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/lucy-m-boston-92809_automata_when-she-opened-her-eyes-they-were-confr_20255.jpg" --- # Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990) Writer **2** quotes in **9** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lucy M. Boston was a writer. ## Quick Facts About Lucy M. Boston Born January 1, 1892 Died January 1, 1990 Profession Writer ## About Lucy M. Boston English children's writer (1892-1990)... \| Lucy Maria Boston was an English novelist who wrote for children and adults, publishing her work entirely after the age of 60. She is best known for her Green Knowe series: six low fantasy children's novels published by Faber between 1954 and 1976. The setting is Green Knowe, an old country manor ho ## Quotes by Lucy M. Boston > [“When she opened her eyes they were confronted by a musical box against the opposite wall - one of those early Bavarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-m-boston/when-she-opened-her-eyes-they-were-confronted-by-a-musical-box/) [Lucy M. Boston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-m-boston/) [Automata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/automata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/lucy-m-boston-92809_automata_when-she-opened-her-eyes-they-were-confr_20255.jpg) > [“if somthing accurs outside wht we call the natural order,its very smallness may be more immediately unnerving than,for istance,the eclipse of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-m-boston/if-somthing-accurs-outside-wht-we-call-the-natural-order-its-very/) [Lucy M. Boston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-m-boston/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/lucy-m-boston-92809_astronomy_if-somthing-accurs-outside-wht-we-call-t_1393577.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-m-boston/#itemlist", "name": "Lucy M. Boston Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When she opened her eyes they were confronted by a musical box against the opposite wall - one of those early Bavarian toys where mechanical figures perform to the tune. 'How odd,' she thought. The little stage showed a group of fiddlers, two couples in costumes like those of the ball she had just quitted, and in a doorway at the side, a gypsy or beggar man. 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