Приемыш черной Туанетты

by Cecilia Viets Jamison, Сесилия Джемисон

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На юге Америки, в Новом Орлеане живет мальчик Филипп - приемный сын пожилой негритянки Туанетты. Закончившаяся за несколько лет до этого гражданская война, разделившая северные и южные штаты на два враждующих лагеря, роковым образом отозвалась на судьбе Филиппа - он ничего не знает о своих родителях. Тайну его происхождения хранит лишь приемная мать мальчика.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1898

About the author

Cecilia Viets Jamison (also published as Mrs. C. V. Jamison) was a Canadian-born American writer.

The daughter of Viets and Elizabeth Bruce Dakin, she was born Cecilia Viets Dakin in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and moved to Boston with her family during her mid-teens. She studied at private schools in Canada, New York City, Boston and Paris. Following her first marriage, Jamison went on to study art in Rome for three years. There, she met Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who encouraged her in her writing and supported the publication of her book Woven of Many Threads in 1872. On her return to the United States, she participated in the literary salon of Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis. Jamison contributed to Harper's Magazine, Scribner's Magazine, Appletons' Journal, St. Nicholas Magazine and the Journal of American Folklore.

She was married twice: first to George Hamilton around 1860 and then to Samuel Jamison, a lawyer from New Orleans, in 1878. The couple lived near Thibodaux, Louisiana, moving to New Orleans in 1887. After her second husband's death in 1902, she returned to Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the 1907 version which is beautifully illustrated. The original copyright is 1893 and the story is equally Dickensian and Victorian in it's feeling. If you mix up Oliver Twist and The Little Princess you're going to be very close to the plot, characters, and feeling of this book. We actually have two orphans in this book - Philip and Dea. It is set in New Orleans and New York City. It is a sweet, lovely tale with a little mystery, hardship, and adventure to make it interesting.

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sad children almost out of Les Miserables in 1870s New Orleans vending their family wares on the street to help support their families. Lots of family secrets and poverty. The descriptions of the atmosphere and plant life of old New Orleans are very well done. Written in the 1890s, it's very much a product of its time with an plot that is overly dramatic with a fairy tale ending.