A pile of raspberry-jam-cakes as high as Mary Poppins’s wai… - P. L. Travers

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A pile of raspberry-jam-cakes as high as Mary Poppins’s waist stood in the centre, and beside it tea was boiling in a big brass urn. Best of all, there were two plates of whelks and two pins to pick them out with.

P. L. Travers

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Pamela Lyndon Travers (August 9 1899 – April 23 1996) was a British author, born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, best known as the creator of the "Mary Poppins" series of stories.

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Pen Names: Pamela Lyndon Travers

Birth Name: Helen Lyndon Goff

Alternative Names: Miss Travers

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