Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887), Polly Oliver's Problem (1893), A Cathedral Courtship (1893), The Village Watchtoer (1896), Marm Lisa (1897) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 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.
She sent The Story of Patsy and The Bird's Christmas Carol to Houghton, Mifflin & Co. who accepted them at once. Besides the talent for story-telling, she was a musician, sang well, and composed settings for her poems.
A thrill of delicious excitement ran through Rebecca's frame , from her new shoes up , up to the leghorn cap and down the black braid . She pressed Mr. Cobb's knee ardently and said in a voice choking with tears of joy and astonishment ...
“ I could , easily enough , ” exclaimed Rebecca , pleased by the idea that her rhyming ability could be of any use in such an emergency . “ I'll go off and write something while you braid the rope . It's lucky you brought your 10 ...
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.
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 !
EPIGRAPH 1“Her eyes . . . way-lay”: Lines 5-10 of the poem “She Was a Phantom of Delight” (1807) by William Wordsworth (1770-1850). CHAPTER I 1“We Are Seven”: A poem (1798) by William Wordsworth (see note 4, below).
Rebecca is sent to stay with her two aunts, Jane and Miranda, at Sunnybrook Farm, where she begins a new life.
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.
In early twentieth century New England, talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, and spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up in their ...
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.
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.
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The old stage coach was rumbling along the dusty road that runs from Maplewood to Riverboro.
This classic novel has been abridged and adapted into 10 illustrated chapters.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 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.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her aunts, one stern and one kind, in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine.
An exuberant and sensitive young girl transforms the world of her two maiden aunts.