The Children of the New Forest - Softcover

Marryat, Captain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1434404072 ISBN 13: 9781434404077

Publisher: Wildside Press, 2009

Synopsis

Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel "Mr Midshipman Easy" and his children's novel "The Children of the New Forest."

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Review:

Set in seventeenth-century England during King Charles's deposition, this story features four orphaned children who are adopted by a forester. He has rescued them from the "Roundhead" troops who killed their Royalist father (loyal to King Charles). As the forester's adopted "grandchildren," the four Beverly children must adapt to rustic life, learning to cook, hunt, and sew. Narrator Glen McCready's details these activities with a quiet pleasure that is contagious. McCready's dignified British voice is well suited to this old-fashioned adventure story filled with the classic themes of resourcefulness, self-reliance, and courage. As McCready's narration skillfully illuminates the children's growing maturity and wisdom, the story becomes all the more satisfying. --J.C.G., AudioFile

About the Author:

1792-1848

About this edition

• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1434404072
• ISBN 13: 9781434404077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252