The Girl Who Had Nothing

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The Girl Who Had Nothing is about an abandoned little girl who begs herself on the pity of an aged woman. She managed to survive on her own, good thing she possesses great intelligence and talent.

The young orphan girl is known to be Joan Carthew who was left by her mother to a strict woman who owns a boarding house in Brighton. Her mother was not able to return and Joan has no money left, she decided to become a housekeeper in the boarding house. When she finally cannot endure all the hardships and pains, she goes somewhere to fulfill her dreams of being wealthy and establishing her own name and she encounters unexpected scenes along her way.

After several years, she attempted in becoming a good old-fashion heiress but failed at it. Still, Joan tries her luck at insider trading, blackmail, and selling state secrets which were all successful.

Most of her works were written also with her husband, C. N. Williamson. Many of their books include the early times of driving and can be considered as travelogues. She used pseudonyms such as A. M. Williamson, Mrs. C. N. Williamson, and Alice Stuyvesant.

Some of her literary works include The Brightener, The Car of Destiny, The Castle of the Shadows, The Chauffeur and the Chaperon, Everyman’s Land, The Golden Silence, The Guests of Hercules, The Heather-Moon, The House by the Lock, It Happened in Egypt, Lady Betty Across the Water, The Lady From the Air, The Lightning Conductor Discovers America, The Lightning Conductor, The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car, The Lion’s Mouse, Lord John in New York, Lord Loveland Discovers America, Lord Loveland Discovers America, and many more.

She remains famous for this quotation “What a pity clocks don’t realize the interesting work they do in making history, as they go on ticking out moments which never before have been and never will be again!”
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