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Miss Billy
Eleanor H. Porter
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Mr. Neilson was determined to name his first child after his boyhood chum, William Henshaw. When the baby disappointed him by being a girl, he was consoled by naming her Billy. Miss Billy, now 18, orphaned and all alone in the world, takes her lawyer’s suggestion to ask her namesake to take her in. Only one little problem – Mr. Henshaw did not know of her existence, and then mistakenly thinks that Billy is a boy!
Mr. Neilson was determined to name his first child after his boyhood chum, William Henshaw. When the baby disappointed him by being a girl, he was consoled by naming her Billy. Miss Billy, now 18, orphaned and all alone in the world, takes her lawyer’s suggestion to ask her namesake to take her in. Only one little problem – Mr. Henshaw did not know of her existence, and then mistakenly thinks that Billy is a boy!
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In a moment Billy was on her feet, fluttering about the room, touching this thing, looking at that. Nothing escaped her.
"I'm to fish—and shoot—and fence!" she crowed. "And, oh!—look at those knives! U-ugh!... And, my! what are these?" she cried, pouncing on the Indian clubs. "And look at the spiders! Dear, dear, I AM glad they're dead, anyhow," she shuddered with a nervous laugh that was almost a sob.
Something in Billy's voice stirred Mrs. Hartwell to sudden action.
"Come, come, this will never do," she protested authoritatively, motioning her brothers to leave the room. "Billy is quite tired out, and needs rest. She mustn't talk another bit to-night."
"Of c-course not," stammered William. And only too glad of an excuse to withdraw from a very embarrassing situation, the three men called back a faltering good-night, and precipitately fled down-stairs. . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Miss Billy (1911) is a pleasant romance by Eleanor H. Porter, an author perhaps better known for her children's novel Pollyanna (1913). Billy becomes an orphan around the age of eighteen. She has no living relatives, but she still needs a family, wants a family. She decides to write one of her fathe
Three confirmed bachelors agree to let an orphan boy come live with them, only to find that Billy is actually a lively girl! This is a sweet tale from a bygone era.
I have my grandmother's copy dated 1911. Priceless.
Billy biasanya adalah nama anak cowok tapi dlm kasus di novel ini, Billy adalah nama seorg wanita.
Billy sdh berusia 18 thn, usia remaja yg membuat dia kesulitan utk mendptkan "rumah" yg bs menampung dirinya. Pengacara almarhum ayahnya sedang sakit²an, jd Billy mendadak pny ide menyurati William Hen
Oh, what a charming read! This book was all sunshine and rainbows, flowers, puppies and chocolates, multiplied by thousand. There was a sweet innocence about this book that is rarely seen in our time today. It's got a fairytale feel to it.
Totally recommend this book if you are looking for a sweet b
Miss Billy is a teen when the aunt who was raising her after the death of her parents also dies. She contacts her father's best friend William who Billy is named after. William and his two brothers believe that Billy is a young man. Widowed William and his two unmarried brothers ready their large se