I first published this review on 2-19-2010.
I live in an old house - it was built in 1952 and it used to be a
parsonage. Because of that the previous owners built on an office. Or as
we call it "the study". That's the room my many books call home. This
room is also where I have my computer and a very comfy easy chair that
Jonathan says he's taking when he sets up housekeeping on his own.
However,
I do have a stack of "to read" books by my bed and in my living room I
have 3 shelves on one side of my entertainment center with books. - Of
course Jonathan keeps his books in his room and I have sewing/quilting
books in the back bedroom where my sewing machine is. So - - -
Back
to the living room - and my 3 shelves. The top 2 are 1st edition John
Grisham Hardbacks. (more about those books another time!)
On the
bottom shelf are books that have been favorites of mine in past years.
As I began my serious (?) book collecting, I tried to collect books that
have meant something to me or that were my particular favorites.
Today I want to look at "An Old Fashioned Girl" by Louisa May Alcott. It was originally published in
1870.
I have a 1947 World Publishing copy. It's in very good shape and on
the inside cover has my name Brenda Doane and Liberty School 1949
written beside $1.25 penciled in. My Mom bought this for me at a book
sale at the country school by Orion, Oklahoma. (I wasn't born yet in
1949 - so don't get any ideas about my age!!)
I have always loved Little Women , Little Men and many of Alcott's other books but An Old Fashioned Girl is my favorite.
Polly
was a country girl that went to the city to stay with friends for about
6 months. Then she returned to the city when she was older - giving
piano lessons to help send her brother, Will to college.
I always enjoy books that "paint" cozy places to live and Polly's room in her boarding house sounds so cozy!
Just a very relaxing and fun book to read.
I
did happen to look up some reviews about this book and had to chuckle
at one written by a teen in 2004 when she said "The book is pretty good
but I don't think Alcott has a given a true look at teenagers."
Hmmmm, could be 'cause it was written 140 years ago and times have changed a bit.
Oh, my, sometimes I really feel my age. (and again - I wasn't alive yet in 1949....)
Addendum: I don't live in that 1952 parsonage anymore - Jonathan didn't take that comfy chair with him. By the time he moved, he had worn it out!!
