Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

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name = Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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author = Kate Douglas Wiggin
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Children's novel
publisher = Houghton Mifflin
release_date = 1903
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 327 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 4738229
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Rebecca Rowena Randall goes to live with her two stern aunts in the village of Riverboro in Maine. Her joy for life ends up inspiring them. She faces many trials in her young life, but comes through them with more wisdom and understanding.

Wiggin wrote a sequel, "New Chronicles of Rebecca". [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=Es0OAAAAIAAJ&dq=New+Chronicles+of+Rebecca+&pg=PP1&ots=7LD2sFCfs3&sig=mOtLhcwcQeJilHNcZLKzgOA6qwk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPP1,M1 "New Chronicles of Rebecca"] , Kate Douglas Wiggin,
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, April 1907, copyright 1906 and 1907 by Charles Scribner's Books, copyright 1907 Kate Douglas Wiggin, reprinted in June 1986 by Buccaneer Books, ISBN 0899665721.] Eric Wiggin, a great nephew of the author, wrote updated versions of several Rebecca books, including a concluding story.

Plot summary

The story opens by describing Rebecca's life on a farm with her mother and six brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, their father died a few years earlier.

Rebecca Rowena Randall has two aunts that live in the village of Riverboro in Maine. One day her aunts send for Rebecca's older sister, Hannah, to go live with the aunts in Riverboro. Rebecca's aunts are old and need help doing daily activities. Rebecca's mother cannot spare Hannah, so she sends Rebecca instead.

Upon arrival, Rebbeca learns that her Aunt Jane is sweet and kind and that her Aunt Miranda is much stricter. In Riverboro Rebecca learns to sew, cook and do many household chores. She goes to school and meets Emma Jane, who becomes her best friend.

Rebecca completes high school in Riverboro and enjoys living with her aunts. However, she never feels she has her Aunt Miranda's respect.

Adaptations

Play

Wiggin co-wrote the play with Charlotte Thompson that was produced for Broadway by Klaw & Erlanger in 1909. [cite news | title = PLAY FROM ‘REBECCA’ BOOKS.; Klaw & Erlanger Produce “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” | date = 1909-11-17 | work = The New York Times | page = 11 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20912FB3D5412738DDDAE0994D9415B898CF1D3 | format = subscription | accessdate = 2007-06-13 ] Before opening on Broadway, it had toured Boston and New England where it had been warmly received. [cite news | title = REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK; How Kate Douglas Wiggin Was Induced to Turn Her Enormously Popular Books Into a Play | date = 1910-10-22 | first = Emily M. | last = Burbank | work = The New York Times Saturday Review of Books | page = BR1 | accessdate = 2007-06-13 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10813F8345D16738DDDAB0A94D8415B808DF1D3 | format = subscription]

Film

* Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film)
* Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932 film)
* Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938 film)

References

External links

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*cite book | title=Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | last=Wiggin | first=Kate Douglas | authorlink=Kate Douglas Wiggin | publisher=Puffin | location= | edition=reissue | date=1995 | id=ISBN 0140367594