The Schoolmaster's Progress

by Caroline Kirkland

The Schoolmaster's Progress by Caroline M.S. Kirkland [ZHINGOORA BOOKS]

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories

30 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2012

About the author

Caroline Mathilda Stansbury Kirkland (January 11, 1801 – April 6, 1864) was an American writer.

On returning to New York, Mrs. Kirkland opened a school for girls and from 1847 to 1849 was editor of the Union Magazine. She also entered into the literary social life of the community often entertaining writers, publishers, and other notables. Her home served as a literary salon and hosted notables including Edgar Allan Poe, William Cullen Bryant, Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, and others. Mrs. Kirkland went abroad in 1848 and again in 1850. She was received by Charles Dickens and the Brownings, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning. She also became a close friend and correspondent of Harriet Martineau.

Kirkland had considerable fame and accolades from her writings during her lifetime. Poe in particular thought of her as a significant American writer. She was a relatively early American woman writer who appears to have written because she liked to write and only published what she considered to be well written. She wrote for men as well as women but definitely wrote from a female perspective. Her works continue to be studied in relation to style, contributions to American literature and the influence of the female perspective.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[The Mines of Moriah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intertaining but kind of forgettable.Why does GR have the worst cover possible for this book?

[John Yelverton · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is decent and humorous tale about the antics of the Nellie Oleson-esque character who sets her sights on the schoolmaster, and then revenge when he doesn't reciprocate. I say Nellie Oleson-esque, because though it doesn't, this short story could have been used for an episode of "Little House on the Prairie."

[Glen Engel-Cox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like Nathaniel Hawthorne, this story relies on the manners and customs of rural America in the early 1800s. For one, the notion that the schoolmaster would only be 18 goes against what we expect of teachers today. Another is the propriety expected in the making of a courtship, who could or could not write or spell, and the logistics of transport, both local and farther away. The plot, while it takes a bit to get going and indeed has a bit of a red herring initially which could have been cut to make the story tighter, is all too believable and yet funny in the sitcom-ish way of people being put in unfortunate circumstances.

[Vintagebooklvr · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing wrong with this, I just don't think it is very memorable.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Listen to the Teen Creeps podcast episode of this.

[Lily · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

[Mohammed · Rating 3 out of 5]

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