Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Genre: Children’s, Historical Fiction You can buy this book here: Recommended Age Range: 8+ Warnings: Adam Ladd is 34 at the end of the novel, and Rebecca is 17, but the romance is presented in such a way that it will probably fly right over younger readers’ heads. Story, it did start to grate towards the end and I started wishing for The book takes itself very seriously, and though I enjoyed the Rebecca isn’t quite as dreamy as Anne), and got a little bit of charm with no Of Sunnybrook Farm and almost immediately thought of Anne of Green Gables, which perhaps wasn’t quite fair to Wigginīecause I expected wit and charm along with my dreamy protagonist (though Relationship: not through a fight or anything like that, but simply throughĪdam’s realization that Rebecca was still a child (though there is a hint that

Pleased that the book ends with almost a destruction of the Adam/Rebecca So, I wasn’t sure whether to be disappointed or Reality back then (girls got married young, and sometimes they got married to However, I’ve read too much Jane Austen-and I know that Wiggin is representing So for many people the age gap and the circumstances might be bothersome. That the book would end with some sort of romance. Speaking of Adam Ladd, I thought for quite a long time Ladd, and Rebecca and Aunt Miranda’s relationship. In every way, I found the book charming and sweet. Despite the fact that Rebecca is practically perfect IĪlong a few years later and accomplished what I think Wiggin meant toĪccomplish with this book. I speak as if I didn’t like the book, though I did. Wiggin attempts to give her flaws, but those are quickly brushed aside in order to emphasize all of her good qualities. She daydreams, speaks (and writes) poetry, has a forceful personality, wins people over with her charm, and is all together dazzling. Rebecca is imaginative, spunky, lively, and bright everyone seems to love or admire her. Rating: 3/5 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is like Anne of Green Gables, except with less charm and less fun shenanigans. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, by Kate Douglas Wiggin, was first published in 1903.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin