Red Pepper's Patients: With An Account Of Anne Linton's Case In Particular

Red Pepper #3

by Grace S. Richmond, Gordon Grant (Illustrator)

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Genres: Fiction

292 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1917

About the author

Grace Louise Smith Richmond (1866–1959), American romance novelist created the Dr. R.P. Burns series.

Her first short stories were published in various women's magazines including the Women's Home Companion, Ladies' Home Journal, and Everybody's Magazine as early as 1898. Richmond wrote 27 novels between 1905 and 1936. Red Pepper Burns was published in 1910. Like most of her strong-willed yet compassionate characters, R.P. Burns is a kind, old-souled country doctor who makes house calls. His fiery red hair and temper to match earned him his nickname Red Pepper, though he is still a charming and endearing gentleman. Mrs. Red Pepper (1913), Red Pepper's Patients (1917), and Red of the Redfields (1924) followed.

Reviews

[Angie Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

*happy sigh*

This book was just so wonderful! Red and Ellen are just as special and lovely as ever, and I loved watching the way they met all the challenges that were thrown at them. <3 The titular "patients" were wonderful as well--although as much as I liked Anne, I was that much more in love with Jordan. :D And once again, the author absolutely sucker-punched me with a strong Christian message that I absolutely wasn't expecting. That night before a certain critical surgery--oh, my word, that was so well done and absolutely beautiful! <3<3<3 Probably my favorite of this whole series!

Content--mentions of swearing (no words); mention of a suicide; mentions of accidents and injuries

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far, I have really enjoyed every Grace Richmond story I've read. Her takes of family and small-town life are heartwarming and meaty at the same time. This one deals with short episodes of life for Dr. Burns among his patients and is additionally interesting as a description of life as a doctor in 1917.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the continuing saga of Dr. Red Pepper Burns. What a lovely, old-fashioned story! One must visit Project Gutenberg to find this sort of writing as I haven't found anywhere it exists today. One part of the story is about a young woman who comes Dr. Burns mysteriously showing both the earmarks of poverty and the mannerisms of education, wealth, and good breeding. She is very ill and is admitted to the hospital under the watchful, skillful treatment of Dr. Burns. Also during this story, Dr. Burns himself falls ill with a condition that must have been tetanus, although it was never named. His suffering is prolonged, but eventually he recovers. There are several other threads to the story, and it kept me engaged from beginning to end. I believe there is access to one more of this series on PG. I'm looking forward to reading it!

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed this third installment in the Red Pepper series. I like the way Richmond uses this main character as like an anchor and builds interesting stories up in connection to the people he knows and comes in contact with.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed it.

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rescued this 1917 copy from a bin! Had to save it! Had to read it! So glad I did. Thoroughly enjoyed this clean cut story of a physician and his wife and the patients who filled their lives.