Robinetta: Voices of Transformation: A Tapestry of Turn-of-the-Century Literary Diversity

by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Jane Helen Findlater, Allan McAulay

Robinetta follows the story of Mrs. de Tracy in England meeting a young American widow and befriending her. "How do you do?" said an icy voice, and a chill hand held hers for a moment but did not press it. The color in Robinette's 26cheeks paled and then rushed back, as she drew herself up unconsciously. "I am very well, thank you, Aunt de Tracy," she answered with commendable composure…"

101 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 17, 2019

About the author

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Kate Douglas Wiggin, nee Smith (1856-1923) was an American children's author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the "Silver Street Free Kindergarten"). With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol (1886), Polly Oliver's Problem (1893), A Cathedral Courtship (1893), The Village Watchtoer (1896), Marm Lisa (1897) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).