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Old classics similar to Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Nothing set after 1950. Just classic girls fiction. Obscure authors, out of print Dime novels and others.
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Jun 08, 2014 03:20AM
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Thank you Gemma! It was such fun making it. If you know of any others do add them!
Tweety wrote: "Thank you Gemma! It was such fun making it. If you know of any others do add them!"I'll see if I can find any, but i think most of my favourite books are on your list. I've found quite a few. Thanks for making it!
I loved making it, I'm so glad you've found your favorites on it! If you don't find any that okay, I could find anymore myself. :)
I like this list! It has many of my favourite books on it.
Well, I LOVE all the books by L.M. Montgomery, and Eight cousins, Rose in bloom, Daddy long legs. That's basically the same as my sister. (Gemma) What are yours?
Actually, I like little women as well. ( Including the sequels )I found Rose O'the river, and, An old fashioned girl on your list, tweety, and I want to read them.
Are they good?
I didn't know you were sisters! Pleased to meet you both. Gemms, Rose O'the River is good, I can't say that it was my favorite, but it was worth reading. I enjoyed watching the characters learn and grow. I believe it's due for a reread.
I haven't read An Old Fashioned Girl yet, but as soon as I find a copy I'm going to! I have heard such a lot of good about it. :) (and I've never read Jo's Boys, but I do have a copy)
Elle, mine are Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Daddy Long Legs, Seven daughters and A Girl of the Limberlost. Seven Daughters isn't well known or easy to find, but it is so worth the read!
Pleased to meet you too! I'll try to find Seven daughters, I hadn't heard of it before.Do you like L.M. Montgomery's books? L.M. Montgomery is one of my favourite authors.
Pleased to meet you too!Yes, we're sisters, twins actually.
Thanks, I think I'll read Rose O'the river then. And An old fashioned girl, if I can get it.
Seven daughters sounds really good, what is it about?
Elle, I do like L.M Montgomery, I've read most of her books but I haven't read all her short stories yet. I'd be hard pressed to pick an absolute favorite of her books, I've enjoyed so many! She's one of my favorite authors also. I hope you can find a copy of Seven Daughters. :)
Do let me know what you think of Rose O'the River, Gemma. If you don't mind reading online or on an e-reader you can find a free copy of An Old Fashioned Girl on Openlibrary. (Or Project Gutenburg) I've read a few books that way, it's not the same as paper but it works. Seven Daughters is a bit of a coming of age story focused on the two oldest daughters of a preacher and his wife. It's very sweet and fairly similar to Louisa May Alcott's style.
I have read quite a lot of her short story collections, I enjoyed them too.I haven't read the blue castle and was wondering if it is any different from her children's books? Because I heard it was mainly for adults.
The Blue Castle is for adults, but its not so very different. There's some swearing, and mention of a fallen woman but I'd be happy to hand it to a twelve year old. I love Blue Castle, it made it to my Forever Favorites shelf. ;)Which of her short story collections did you like best?
Ok thanks, I think I'll get it then.It's hard to choose a favourite short story collection, but I think I like Across The Miles, and The Road To Yesterday. :)
The Road to Yesterday is good, I haven't read Across the Miles, what is it about?
They are short stories that all have something to do with letters, notes, diaries, or anything on a piece of paper really. Some of the stories are really good, my favourites are The old fellow's letter, At Five O'clock In The Morning, A Millionaire's Proposal, The Growing Up Of Cornelia, and, The Girl And The Photograph. That's a lot, but all of them were good.Most were quite romantic.
Which, of all her books, did you like best?
If I hadn't just ordered a book I would be off in search of Across the Miles, they sound like wonderful stories for me to curl up with. Maybe my library will have a copy…Can I list a few? They would be Jane of Lantern Hill, The Blue Castle, The Road to Yesterday and Pat of Silver Bush. I don't know if I could pick one.
I have read all of those, except The Blue Castle of course. I love them all! I know you have read Arabella, by Georgette Heyer, I was wondering if it was good? I've never read a book by Georgette Heyer. :)
Aren't they lovely!Arabella is very good, and comical. I'm not a fan of regencies, but I do like Georgette Heyer. I've read almost all of her books, and Arabella is on of her best regencies. I think it's a good Heyer to start with. It one of my favorite Heyer books. :)
Thanks. :) Can you recommend any other Georgette Heyer books?
Well, I loveThe Convenient Marriage, but some people can't stand the heroine's stutter. The Masqueraders was my first Heyer, and probably my favorite. My other favs are The Toll-Gate, Sylvester or the Wicked Uncle, The Talisman Ring, Cousin Kate, (which I wouldn't start with) and Simon the Coldheart. If you like dogs you'd probably love Frederica, I did and I'm not a dog lover, but the doggy in this was charming. ;)
Have you read Freckles?If you have, what's that, and A girl of a limberlost about?
Are they good?
Gemma wrote: "Have you read Freckles?If you have, what's that, and A girl of a limberlost about?
Are they good?"
Oh, Gemma! I love those books! Freckles is about an orphan boy who is determined to rise above the feelings of being a child left behind. It is so good. (I cant say more without giving it all away)
A Girl of the Limberlost is the sequel, but its not about Freckles, its about Elnora, who has a mother, but may as well be an orphan. Its a coming of age story, were Elnora finds happiness and contentment, something shes never had before.
Thanks, I definitely want to read A girl of the limberlost, and now I think I'll read Freckles as well.
Have you read any Australian books?
Only Golden Urchin, which was amazingly good. But I have a few I'd like to read, When the Storm Breaks and Thunderwith, oh and Seven Little Australians.
They sound good, the only one I've ever heard of is Seven Little Australians. Elle and I live in Australia.
What country do you live in?
I'm in America, North Carolina, but I'm also from England, which is partially why I read so many little known British books. ;) Do you have any Australian books you'd recommend?
Oh, Elle and I are from Canada, though we've lived in Australia most of our lives.
Well, I haven't read many that I can think of, but I've heard A Picnic At Hanging Rock, is good.
Have you read it?
I'm from England but have lived most of my life in America. I haven't read that! I like the title… which of these is it? Picnic at Hanging Rock Picnic At Hanging Rock: A Film
There was a book written and then a film, we haven't seen any of them but we would like to. It sounds so interesting! A true story.
Neat! I'll look out for a copy to read then. True stories are fascinating. After I read it maybe I'll watch it. Thanks Gemma and Elle for telling me about it. :)
Sorry I didn't reply earlier, I replied in my head but forgot to actually type it. :/ Since I love mysteries I bet I'll love that book!
Yeah, I think I'll read it too, although I don't usually read mysteries,except for The Famous Five, and The Secret Seven when I was younger.
But I'm really interested in this book particularly.
I enjoyed Secret Seven, have you read the Adventure series by that author?
They are smashing! There are eight in all:1) The Island of Adventure,
The Castle Of Adventure,
The Mountain of Adventure,
3)The Valley of Adventure,
5)The Sea Of Adventure,
6)The Ship of Adventure. Enid Blyton,
7)The circus of adventure
8) The River of Adventure
I've forgotten the order somewhat. :/
They sound good, I've just looked them up.
Tweety wrote: "They are smashing! .."I still have the complete series in a Dutch translation :-) and reread The Island of Adventure recently for a challenge.
The right order of the books is mentioned on GR, by the way (island, castle, valley, sea, mountain, ship, circus, river). I was given The Circus of Adventure as a birthday present once, and loved it so much that I bought the other parts of the series by and by :-)
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