Bessie Marchant (1862–1941)
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Œuvres de Bessie Marchant
The Courage of Katrine 4 exemplaires
Jane Fills the Breach 4 exemplaires
A Mysterious Inheritance 4 exemplaires
The Girl Captives: A Story of the Indian Frontier 3 exemplaires
Sisters of Silver Creek: A Story of Western Canada 3 exemplaires
Waifs of Woollamoo: A Story for Girls 3 exemplaires
Sylvia's Secret 3 exemplaires
Miss Wilmer's Gang 2 exemplaires
Deborah's Find 2 exemplaires
The Mistress of Purity Gap 2 exemplaires
The Gold-Marked Charm: A Story of the Blue Nile Country 2 exemplaires
The Girls of Wakenside 2 exemplaires
Sally Makes Good: A Story of Tasmania 2 exemplaires
To Save Her School! 2 exemplaires
The Black Cockatoo: A Story of Western Australia 2 exemplaires
Hope's Tryst: A Story of a Siberian Frontier 2 exemplaires
Nancy Afloat 2 exemplaires
Tommy's Trek: A Transvaal Story 2 exemplaires
In the Cradle of the North Wind 2 exemplaires
The Triumphs of Three 2 exemplaires
A Princess of Servia: A Story of To-day 2 exemplaires
Joyce Harrington's Trust: An Argentine Mystery 2 exemplaires
Juliette, the Mail Carrier 2 exemplaires
Rolf the Rebel 2 exemplaires
Nancy Afloat 1 exemplaire
THE BANNISTER TWINS 1 exemplaire
Di the dauntless 1 exemplaire
The Owner of Rushcote 1 exemplaire
IN PERILOUS TIMES 1 exemplaire
The Bessie Marchant Omnibus Book: The Gold-marked Charm - Sally Makes Good - Three Girls in Mexico 1 exemplaire
Held at Ransom: A Story of Colonial Life 1 exemplaire
An Island Heroine 1 exemplaire
The Adventures of Phyllis: A Story of the Argentine 1 exemplaire
The Ferry House Girls: An Australian Story 1 exemplaire
Leonard's Temptation: A Story of Gambling 1 exemplaire
Denvers Wilson's Double: A Story of New Mexico 1 exemplaire
The Bessie Marchant Omnibus Book 1 exemplaire
The Most Popular Girl In the School 1 exemplaire
Erica's Ranch 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Comfort, Mrs J. A.
Comfort, Bessie Marchant - Date de naissance
- 1862
- Date de décès
- 1941
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Kent, England
- Professions
- children's book author
young adult writer
girls' school story author - Courte biographie
- Bessie Marchant produced many popular novels for girls over a period of five decades from the 1890s. Part of their appeal was the freedom allowed the heroines by the author, who portrayed them as brave and intrepid characters.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 79
- Membres
- 213
- Popularité
- #104,444
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 17
Originally published in 1911, A Countess from Canada is one of numerous titles from British author Bessie Marchant, sometimes styled the 'female Henty,' in which courageous young women encounter adventure and prove themselves heroines in various wild locales. Although the narrative developments here are quite formulaic - the many rescues effected by the eponymous heroine, the secretly noble identity of the hero - the descriptions of Katherine's day-to-day life running a backwoods store were quite interesting, and provided entertaining fare. I enjoyed reading about her dog-sledding deliveries in particular. There was some socially outdated material, in the discussion of the possibility of female bravery - apparently women are only capable of being brave when they forget themselves, and act selflessly - as well as the depictions of the native people, who are described as cunning thieves who are not to be trusted. Fans of vintage fare for girls will find some themes of interest to them here, but more general readers will probably not be that interested.… (plus d'informations)