Book Excerpt: ...lulled Mr. Cobb's never active mind into complete oblivion as to his promise of keeping an eye on Rebecca.Suddenly he heard a small voice above the rattle and rumble of the wheels and the creaking of the harness. At first he thought it was a cricket, a tree toad, or a bird, but having determined the direction from which it came, he turned his head over his shoulder and saw a small shape hanging as far out of the window as safety would allow. A long black braid of hair swung with the motion of the coach; the child held her hat in one hand and with the other made ineffectual attempts to stab the driver with her microscopic sunshade."Please let me speak!" she called.Mr. Cobb drew up the horses obediently."Does it cost any more to ride up there with you?" she asked. "It's so slippery and shiny down here, and the stage is so much too big for me, that I rattle round in it till I'm 'most black and blue. And the windows are so small I can only see pieces of things, and I've 'most broken my neck stretc...
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.
Whether you're a first-time reader of the novel or someone returning to an old childhood favorite, you'll love the optimism and charm that Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm epitomizes.
at Robinson's , ” snapped a very exasperated Jenny . “ They just phoned to say they are walking home by the road , since it's better footing than across the field . ” By the time Mark and Fanny had plodded home - Mark pulling Fanny on ...
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.
When ten-year-old Rebecca Randall leaves Sunnybrook Farm to go and live with her aunts, Miranda and Jane, in Riverboro neither she nor her aunts know quite what to expect. And...
In Kate Douglas's classic tale of friendship she brings us the delightful Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms.
Rebecca goes to live with two aunts and completely changes their lives.
But I'm too old and tired to scold and fuss and try to train you , same as I did at first . You've apologized , and we won't say no more about it today , but I expect you to show by extry good conduct how sorry you be !
Kate Douglas Wiggin tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her two stern aunts in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903) is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her two stern aunts in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine.