Grace S. Richmond
Kindle Edition | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.06 | 54 Users | 8 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Second Violin ASIN B004TQGVE0 |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Although the characters and storyline are a bit less developed than some of Richmond's finer (IMO) works, I'm finding it impossible to come away awarding less than four stars because everyone is just so refreshingly pleasant and the story so heartwarming! Richmond always writes about people I would love to meet and have for neighbors and friends -- big, loving families and romances you can cheer about. These folks aren't obnoxiously perfect or holier-than-thou, and certainly have some flaws, but they try to be their best selves and to do good in the world and Richmond has such a lovely, easy style of writing that it's a total pleasure to read even if not much "happens."Itemize Regarding Books The Second Violin
| Title | : | The Second Violin |
| Author | : | Grace S. Richmond |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | March 24th 2011 (first published 1906) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. American. American Classics |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 54 Users | 8 ReviewsCriticism Regarding Books The Second Violin
Although the characters and storyline are a bit less developed than some of Richmond's finer (IMO) works, I'm finding it impossible to come away awarding less than four stars because everyone is just so refreshingly pleasant and the story so heartwarming! Richmond always writes about people I would love to meet and have for neighbors and friends -- big, loving families and romances you can cheer about. These folks aren't obnoxiously perfect or holier-than-thou, and certainly have some flaws, butA gentle read from an old-fashioned, wholesome author. Not a lot of action, but characters whom it is a pleasure to know.
So, this book is really two books in one (think the two books in Little Women), but neither one is nearly as long as it could have been. I was a bit disappointed at all the time that was skipped in both stories--but mostly because the characters were so sweet and the lessons were so gentle and meaningful that I would have loved to see them deepened to their fullest potential, rather than skimming and skipping the way we did.The Birch family were absolute dears, every one of them, even if certain
A pleasant, if unremarkable, read. This is a fairly standard family story of its time. The parents are absent, on a trip for the mother's health. Celia, the eldest daughter, gets about a day in charge of the housekeeping before she falls down the cellar stairs and breaks her leg, leaving 18-year-old Charlotte (the eponymous "second violin", so-called from her part in the family string quintet) in charge. Charlotte learns to cook, housekeep, and baby-mind, and falls in love with the doctor next
Enjoyable novel and a quick read. This book doesn't discuss any great lessons or themes, but it is a wholesome, pleasant story about a girl and her family in the early 1900s.
A fun, old-fashioned read. This book was published in 1905 and written in the formal style from then. I enjoyed it from beginning to end.
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