A House in Bloomsbury by Mrs. Oliphant is about mischievous Dora and her everyday life at Bloomsbury lodgings with her father and the endlessly compelling young couple upstairs. One day she discovers a mysterious picture that changes her world forever. Excerpt: "The picture, as has been said, was that of a young lady—quite a young lady, not much older, Dora thought, than herself. Who could this girl be? Her mother?"