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'''''Pran of Albania''''' by [[Elizabeth Miller]] is a [[children's literature|children's book]] which was a [[Newbery Medal|Newbery Honor]] recipient in 1930.<ref>{{Cite web |
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'''''Pran of Albania''''' is a children's historical novel by [[Elizabeth Cleveland Miller|Elizabeth Miller]]. Set in the early nineteenth century among the mountain tribes of northern [[Albania]], it tells the story of a fourteen-year-old girl, Pran, who, by tribal tradition, is old enough to be betrothed.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=I9OpcQAACAAJ&dq Google Books: ''Pran of Albania'']</ref> To avoid an arranged marriage, she follows local custom in taking a vow to be a "sworn virgin" and to live as a man.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vE85aJjwjRoC&dq ''Women Who Become Men: Albanian Sworn Virgins'' by Antonia Young, Berg 2000], page 64</ref> The novel, illustrated by [[Maud and Miska Petersham]], was first published in 1929 and was a [[Newbery Medal|Newbery Honor]] recipient in 1930.<ref>{{Cite web |
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*[[Albanian sworn virgins]] |
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* [https://archive.org/details/pranofalbania00mill/page/n9/mode/2up Full text of ''Pran of Albania''] at Internet Archive |
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Pran of Albania is a children's historical novel by Elizabeth Miller. Set in the early nineteenth century among the mountain tribes of northern Albania, it tells the story of a fourteen-year-old girl, Pran, who, by tribal tradition, is old enough to be betrothed.[1] To avoid an arranged marriage, she follows local custom in taking a vow to be a "sworn virgin" and to live as a man.[2] The novel, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham, was first published in 1929 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1930.[3]
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[edit]- Full text of Pran of Albania at Internet Archive
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