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Rudder Grange
Frank Richard Stockton
Book Overview:
This book presents a number of short, comedic sketches of a country life in middle America in the late 1800s. The hilarious twists and turns endear our adorable, naive married couple to the reader; and the orphan servant Pomona – dear, odd, funny Pomona! – is the focus of several of the stories. Imagine a honeymoon in a lunatic asylum, and you’ve got Rudder Grange!
This book presents a number of short, comedic sketches of a country life in middle America in the late 1800s. The hilarious twists and turns endear our adorable, naive married couple to the reader; and the orphan servant Pomona – dear, odd, funny Pomona! – is the focus of several of the stories. Imagine a honeymoon in a lunatic asylum, and you’ve got Rudder Grange!
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"Yes; there is no doubt of that," I said; "but I think that there is danger of her taking more interest in such extraordinary and novel duties than in the regular work of the house."
"Now, don't discourage the girl, my dear," she said, "for she is of the greatest use to me, and I don't want you to be throwing cold water about like some people."
"Not even if I throw it out of Pomona's little door, I suppose."
"No. Don't throw it at all. Encourage people. What would the world be if everybody chilled our aspi. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Proof that humor can be both gentle and wicked (at the same time.)
Few people today know the writer Frank Stockton, although older ones may remember his famous story "The Lady or the Tiger?" It was a standard in English classes for decades, but I suspect it's been replaced by something more "relevant
Unexceptional, inoffensive domestic novel. Nothing in particular to recommend it.