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Queen Hildegarde
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
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"I suppose I am expected to sit there!" said Hilda to herself. "As if I should sit down in a kitchen!" But all the while she knew in her heart of hearts that this was one of the most attractive rooms she had ever seen, and that that particular corner was pretty enough and picturesque enough for a queen to sit in. You are not to think that she saw all these things at the first glance; far from it. There was something else in the room which claimed the immediate attention of our heroine, and that was a square oak table, shining like a mirror, and covered with good things,—cold chicken, eggs and bacon, golden butter and honey, a great brown loaf on a wonderful carved wooden platter, delicate rolls piled high on a shallow blue dish, and a portly glass jug filled with rich, creamy milk. Here was a pleasant sight for a hungry heroine of fifteen! But alas! at. . . Read More
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Read with my daughter. Cute little story for girls. Like that there was a lesson of loving the little things in life. You don’t always have to have the best, fanciest, etc.
Fifteen-year-old Hildegarde Graham, the much-indulged only daughter of a wealthy New York family, was truly fortunate in almost every respect: beautiful, stylish and popular - her adoring friends considered her the "queen" of their social set - she was also very much loved by her parents. It was onl
This is a sweet, old-fashioned story about a spoiled rich girl whose parents send her to the country to get her away from her equally spoiled friends. I'm going to be looking for the other books in this series.
This book was suggested to me by Goodreads friends, and I really appreciate the thought. It's a decent example of the country/city genre I was looking for. Also, I've liked some of Richards' other books. Honestly, it's not really a *great* example. I suppose my main problem was that the spoiled weal