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Queechy
Susan Warner
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Fleda Ringan is an 11 year old orphan who lives with her grandfather in Queechy, Vermont. After a tragic incident, Fleda has to live with her aunt in Paris, Mrs. Rossiter. She travels to Paris under the care of young Mr. Carleton and his mother, a rich Englishwomen. Every young man who meets Fleda loves her, but she adores only Mr. Carleton. Once Fleda's aunt Mrs. Rossiter looses all her money, they return to America where Fleda learns to farm and cook to support her family. Mr. Carleton is always around to help out but never utters a word about love to Fleda.
Fleda Ringan is an 11 year old orphan who lives with her grandfather in Queechy, Vermont. After a tragic incident, Fleda has to live with her aunt in Paris, Mrs. Rossiter. She travels to Paris under the care of young Mr. Carleton and his mother, a rich Englishwomen. Every young man who meets Fleda loves her, but she adores only Mr. Carleton. Once Fleda's aunt Mrs. Rossiter looses all her money, they return to America where Fleda learns to farm and cook to support her family. Mr. Carleton is always around to help out but never utters a word about love to Fleda.
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He borrowed a box of the ear of the Englishman, and swore he would pay him again when he was able.—Merchant of Venice.
One other incident alone in the course of the voyage deserves to be mentioned; both because it served to bring out the characters of several people, and because it was not,—what is?—without its lingering consequences.
Thorn and Rossitur had kept up indefatigably the game of teasing Fleda about her "English admirer," as they sometimes styled him. Poor Fleda grew more and more sore on the subject. She thought it was very strange that two grown men could not find enough to do to amuse themselves without making sport of the comfort of a little child. She wondered they could take pleasure in what gave her so much pain; but so it was; and they had it up so often that at last others caught it from them; and th. . . Read More
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Fleda Ringan is an 11 year old orphan who lives with her grandfather in Queechy, Vermont. After a tragic incident, Fleda has to live with her aunt, Mrs. Rossiter, in Paris. She travels to Paris under the care of young Mr. Carleton and his mother, a rich Englishwoman. Every young man who meets Fleda
So many emotions in this review. . .
For starters, I am a Christian. So, the overall message of Christianity in this book is pretty good. . . the death of Hugh, in which he begs his parents to convert to Christianity, in order to be with him again, is actually very touching. . . although, he seems to
A Heartwarming Story That Will Never Grow Old
I will admit that the book is long and the language a bit antiquated, but the story itself is well worth the journey through all of the pages. The author centered the story on the life of one girl, and what a story of is. I enjoyed the journey very much!
Wonderful
This book would've rated five stars except it was somewhat difficult to follow at times. Delightful story. It made me cry.
Difficult one to rate. The passages set in Queechy, where the heroine has to turn farmer to save her family, are very readable, but otherwise the plot is uneven, the rich English hero absolutely unbelievable, and the heroine cries too much. There's lots of overt Christian piety, which I rather like,