If you really want to know what life in Victorian England was like, read Charlotte Yonge's novels, just like everyone else used to. The Daisy Chain remained on the "must read" list of every English family well into the 1950's. Clothing, manners, morality, faith, love, death, sorrow, combine with a lot of fun, humor, and an unbelievably large family into one of the best experiences of time-travel for pedestrians ever. Not to mention you get to meet Ethel and Dr. May. Read it. You'll see what I mean.

This author was Lousia May Alcott's mentor. The story about Little Women came from this book! It is by far, much better with stronger morals and values that anything Alcott has written. I strongly suggest this book for all parents with children, especially daughters. It is one of those books you cannot put down until you are finished. Please read the review and more info about C. Yonge at hstreasures.com

I am taking a chance that this is a book I read when a child, in the 40s. Or perhaps there was another book with the same title, about a young girl of noble family whose marriage to a prince who lives in a castle atop a high mountain and whom she has never met. The book opens with her journey up the mountain, in fear and trepidation.