Books with author Sara Jeannette

The Story of Sonny Sahib by Sara Jeannette Duncan. In 1886, she made history as the first woman to be hired as a professional journalist in Canada, taking a regular position at the Toronto Globe, now the Globe and Mail. She later moved to the Montreal Star, where she was the paper's Parliamentary correspondent. Sara Jeannette Duncan published 22 books, including two volumes of personal sketches and a collection of short stories. She wrote only one children's book -- The Story of Sonny Sahib -- and it's a special and remarkable little story.

Reviewer: This is that most pleasant of things, a book purchased on a whim for a for a minor sum, which turns out to be a grand read, and then, even better, to add another author to the “keep an eye out for” list. … Written in the late 1800s, the narrator is not shy of poking gentle fun at herself and the thousands of her American compatriots who are eager to explore England’s historical places and partake of whatever social whirl they can shoehorn themselves into. Our own Miss Wick is extremely fortunate in her shipboard acquaintances; she makes a strong impression on a young British aristocrat (how strong becomes quite apparent to us early on, and to Mamie herself at long last, near the end of the story), as well as on an initially frosty elderly ladyship who completely unthaws under the influence of Mamie’s unusual charm, with interesting further consequences. Mamie does all of the typical American tourist things; she visits Madame Tussaud’s, the London Zoo, the Epsom Derby, boat races at Oxford, and all the rest, but her aristocratic acquaintances smooth her way to higher levels and grander experiences than most American tourists ever attain, and she shares every impression with us. I did truly get a vivid picture of what the England of the time (at least in the relatively “higher” circles in which Mamie’s social class moved) looked, sounded and felt like through Mamie’s eyes; the author, while maintaining a delicately cynical tone, obviously had a great fondness for all of the best aspects of contemporary and historical England and her inhabitants. The protagonist is thoroughly likeable and full of little unexpected insights and surprises; I laughed out loud several times at her philosophizing and her witty internal voice; she doesn’t miss much, but she continually minds her manners and behaves with impeccable politeness, much to her credit, as the same cannot be said of some of the people she encounters.

I T vould have been idle to inquire- in tothe antecedents, or even the circumstances,of old Mother Beggarlegs. She vouldnever tell; the children, at all events, vereconvinced of that; and it was only thechildren, perhapsJ vho had the time and theinclination to speculate. Her occupation vasclear; she presided like a venerable stoopinghawk, over a stall in the covered part of theElgin n1arket-place, vhere she sold gingerbreadhorses and large round gingerbreadcookies, and brovn sticky squares of ,vhatwas kno~n in all circles in Elgin as taffy ..She came, it was understood J vi th the dawn ;,vi th the night she vanished, spending theinterval on a not ilnprobable brOOlnstick.Her gingerbread vas better than anybody's;but there ,vas no comfort in standing, first onone foot and then on the other, while you madeup your n1ind-the horses vere spirited, andyou could eat them a -leg at a time, but therevas more in the cookies-she beTable of Contents PAGE; CHAPTER I I; CHAPTER II 19; CHAPTER III 32; CHAPTER IV 47; CHAPTER V 61; CHAPTER VI 74; CHAPTER VII 88; CHAPTER VIII 102; CHAPTER IX 114; CHAPTER X 126; CHAPTER XI 138; CHAPTER XII 149; CHAPTER XIII • 165; CHAPTER XIV • 174; CHAPTER XV 185; CHAPTER XVI 195; CHAPTER XVII • 208; CUAP'l'ER XVIII 227; CHAPTER XIX • • 240; Vll; CHAPT1!R XX; CHAPTER XXI; CHAPTER XXII; CHAPTER XXIII ; CHAPTER XXIV -; CHAPTER XXV; CHAPTER XXVI; CRAPTER XXVII; CHAPTER XXVIII; CHAPTER XXIX ; CHAPTER XXX; CHAPTER XXXI; CHAPTER XXXII ; CHAPTER XXXIII; CONTENTS; 250; 264; 279; 294; 307; 320; 340; 356; 370; 385; 410; 4 23; 43 2; 450About the P

The Pool in the Desert, originally published in 1903, is a collection of four stories that illustrates the blend of sympathy and ironic detachment with which Sara Jeannette Duncan portrayed the British presence in India. Explores the impact of isolation on the small British communities of Victorian India. In the four stories collected here—"The Pool in the Desert," "A Mother in India," “An Impossible Ideal,” and “The Hesitation of Miss Anderson”—Duncan's women have certain freedoms living amidst the reaches of Empire “The Pool in the Desert represents the climate of desire that defined the New Woman, and that animated Sara Jeannette Duncan in her striving for personal and professional achievement.” - Misao Dean, University of Victoria

Duncan is best known today for her 1904 novel The Imperialist, which tells the story of Lorne Murchison, a young lawyer in the fictional town of Elgin, Ontario who becomes an advocate of imperial preferential trade and unsuccessfully runs for the Parliament of Canada for the Liberal Party. The book has been widely praised by scholars as a sensitive and perceptive portrait of small-town Ontario at the turn of the twentieth century, and at the social mores of the time and place. While it has been lauded for its subtle grasp of women's place in society, it has also been criticized for focusing on upper-class and middle-class people over workers and the poor, and for its brutally racist depiction of Aboriginal people.

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There were times when we had to go without puddings to pay John's uniform bills and always I did the facings myself with a cloth-ball to save getting new ones. I would have polished his sword too if I had been allowed; I adored his sword. And once I remember we painted and varnished our own dog-cart and very smart it looked to save fifty rupees. (Excerpt)

A fun way to learn the colors of the rainbow! Follow Snowy as she undergoes a colorful transformation rolling down the hill. The story is interesting enough to capture a child's imagination and retain their attention, and is written in such a way to encourage those who are starting to read on their own. See if you can find Snowy’s little sister, Flurry, hiding on every picture page!

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