THE LIMNER'S DAUGHTER

by Mary Stetson Clarke ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1967

A series of dioramas, each detail distinct: a packet boat bound for Boston in 1802, quickly engulfed in flames; a mean hovel cluttered with dirty clothes, pots, toys; a factory loft filled with whirring spindles; the Middlesex Canal on a sunny day, a brightly-painted barge; a double line of linden trees leading to a handsome old house; the parlor of the house burnished to perfection; a somber Boston courtroom; the bank of the canal on a mirror-quiet morning. In each scene, a refined but determined girl: her despondent father; a stalwart, courteous young man with a twinkle in his eye. Anyone can provide the plot -- genteel girl loses all (in the fire); proves her spunk (by cleaning up hovel, toiling in factory, converting house to inn); saves her father (in the courtroom) and gains social position and happiness (with the young man on the bank of the canal). Yes, anyone con provide the plot, but Mrs. Clarke provides settings steeped in local color and the appropriate atmosphere of despondency, tension or celebration. For girls who like to relive ""olden times, the circumstances will surmount the story.

Pub Date: March 1, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Viking

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION