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michael5000's review against another edition
3.0
Late Victorian novel written by a precocious nine year old. Sometimes kind of funny, mildly interesting as unintentional genre parody.
lonelyhyperion's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
An absolutely delightful little book. A breath of fresh air. One of the few books that made me laugh out loud all throughout reading it!
elys3's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
letty_and_books's review against another edition
3.0
A sweet little story, written by a nine-year-old in the late Victorian era. A social satire brimming with comic episodes though many of the effects are unwittingly funny, owing to the author’s naive dialogue rendition and vision of the world (quite obviously and understandably so). While intent on exposing the obsession with social etiquette, she fails to see how improper it would have been at the time for a young girl to be gallivanting with strange men and staying at their places’, which is quite funny.
For example, see this hilarious, rejected marriage proposal below (the punctuation and spelling mistakes were not edited in the published text but kept as such out of genuineness):
“But I dont love you responded Ethel.
But if you married me you might get to said Mr Salteena.
I think not replied Ethel and all the same it is very kind of you to ask me and she smiled more nicely at him.
This is agony cried Mr Salteena clutching hold of a table my life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.
Be a man said Ethel in a gentle whisper and I shall always think of you in a warm manner.
Well half a loaf is better than no bread responded Mr Salteena in a gloomy voice”
So even if it is a splendid achievement for a 9-year-old to have produced such a story, would it have endured if it hadn’t been precisely written by a child…?
For example, see this hilarious, rejected marriage proposal below (the punctuation and spelling mistakes were not edited in the published text but kept as such out of genuineness):
“But I dont love you responded Ethel.
But if you married me you might get to said Mr Salteena.
I think not replied Ethel and all the same it is very kind of you to ask me and she smiled more nicely at him.
This is agony cried Mr Salteena clutching hold of a table my life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.
Be a man said Ethel in a gentle whisper and I shall always think of you in a warm manner.
Well half a loaf is better than no bread responded Mr Salteena in a gloomy voice”
So even if it is a splendid achievement for a 9-year-old to have produced such a story, would it have endured if it hadn’t been precisely written by a child…?
jacquelinedrown's review against another edition
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
cabeswaren's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
ziemia_do_nany's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75