Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
"Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village" (ISBN 0763615781) is a children's book written by Laura Amy Schlitz, and published in 2007. The book was awarded the 2008 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature.[Thompson, Bob. "Children's Book Award Winners Break The Mold." The Washington Post, 2008-01-15, p. C1.] ] Overview
Instead of the typical narrative structure, the book is constructed of a series of monologues, each spoken by a member of a medieval village. It was originally written to be performed by fifth-grade students at the Park School of Baltimore, where Schlitz is a librarian.
Characters
* Hugo - the lord's nephew
* Taggot - the blacksmith's daughter
* Will - the plowboy
* Alice - the shepherdess
* Thomas - the doctor's son
* Constance - the pilgrim
* Mogg - the villein's daughter
* Otho - the miller's son
* Jack - the half-wit
* Simon - the knight's son
* Edgar - the falconer's son
* Isobel - the lord's daughter
* Barbary - the mud slinger
* Jacob Ben Salomon - the moneylender's son
* Petronella - the merchant's daughter
* Lowdy - the varlet's child
* Pask - the runaway
* Piers - the glassblower's apprentice
* Mariot and Maud - the glassblower's daughters
* Nelly - the sniggler
* Drogo - the tanner's apprentice
* Giles - the begger
Each character has a monologue with the exception of Petronella, Jacob, Mariot, and Maud who have dialogues.
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