Published in 1913 by Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Story of Waitstill Baxter is intended for an adult audience. Famous for her childrens books, most notably Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Wiggin addresses serious social issues in this story.Waitstill Baxter, a young woman caring for a younger sister and an ogre like father, is a model of all the virtues. Her father, a mean spirited, hottempered man, had buried three wives, all of whom were described as glad to die to get out of his household. Despite these unpromising circumstances, Waitstill and her sister Patience grow into beautiful, innocent, and virtuous young women who are capable housekeepers and models of early twentieth century womanhood. Though they and another primary character, Ivory Boynton, face trials and tribulations, the story has a happy ending in which the virtuous triumph, and the wicked suffer. Patience Baxter, the younger sister, is the most interesting character, since she is allowed to have a little bit of human weakness in the form of wishing for nice things and rebelling against the fathers strictures. Waitstill is so good that no one could really identify with herunless other readers are also completely virtuous at every moment.Touches of humor make this is good read. The dialogue is often funny, such as the discussion of "entomology" [etymology] describing the history of various words in an absolutely ridiculous manner. The courtship efforts of the character Cephas are also a source of...

Binding: Paperback;196 pages; Publisher: Bibliotech Press; Classification: N/A; Weight: 365.39 g; Dimensions: N/A

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