I remember reading this as a child - so much of it is hazy, but I remember being intrigued by a lot of the description. The list of all her assorted luggage at the beginning fascinated me, for some reason.
Wasn't there a spoiler at the beginning, from the narrator, regarding Trinket's death? I seem to remember some sort of conversation between Lucinda and an unidentified narrator figure - I'm sure I remember a kind of meta-commentary in which the narrator and Lucinda are talking about how somebody-or-other didn't approve of the book being a children's book since it includes Trinket's death. What the heck was up with that?
Oh, my gosh, I remember this one!
Wasn't there a spoiler at the beginning, from the narrator, regarding Trinket's death? I seem to remember some sort of conversation between Lucinda and an unidentified narrator figure - I'm sure I remember a kind of meta-commentary in which the narrator and Lucinda are talking about how somebody-or-other didn't approve of the book being a children's book since it includes Trinket's death. What the heck was up with that?
OK, I now have to go buy a copy to reread it...