The Doll's House

Plot
[p]The Burnell sisters--Isabel, Kezia, and Lottie--receive a dollhouse as a present. The next school day, they inform all of their classmates except Lil and Else Kelvey, who are shunned because their mother is a washerwoman and their father is missing and presumed to be in jail. Isabel takes the lead in describing the dollhouse, since she is older than Kezia and Lottie.[/p]

[p]The Burnell girls are allowed to invite their classmates over in pairs to see the dollhouse, and this occurs over subsequent days, until all of the girls have seen it except the Kelveys. Kezia asks her mother whether she can invite the Kelveys, too, but her mother forbids it.[/p]

[p]One day, Kezia is outside her house when the Kelvey girls walk past. She invites them to see the dollhouse, and after some hesitation they agree. Kezia opens it to reveal the interior, but then her aunt appears and shoos the Kelveys away. Nevertheless, Else tells Lil that she can still remember what the inside looked like.[/p]

Characters
 Isabel Burnell Kezia Burnell Lottie Burnell Else Kelvey Lil Kelvey 