THE LIBERATION OF CLEMENTINE TIPTON

by Jane Flory ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 16, 1974

Clementine's liberation might have been something to cheer about back when Philadelphia society celebrated the Centennial in 1876. Nowadays the arrival of a strict but sensible governess -- replacing flighty, carping Mademoiselle -- isn't much to get excited about. And since Clementine, said to be a hoyden, is with one or two exceptions a model child, there's not much fun to speak of either. Clementine does chop her unruly red curls in a fit of self-assertion -- a symbolic act that's hardly original enough to pass as the climax of her liberation from Mademoiselle 200 pages earlier; her real function is to provide a child's eye view of the upstairs/downstairs Tipton household, which, tight down to the butler, the cook, and the climactic dinner party for Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro, is a pale American copy of the TV original. Babyish.

Pub Date: Oct. 16, 1974

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 214

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1974

Categories: FICTION