JacobMoodyofRiverborowastall,gauntandswarthy,black-bearded--hismassesofgrizzled,uncombedhairandtheredscaracrosshisnoseandcheekaddingtohissinisterappearance.Histumble-downhousestoodonarockybitoflandbackoftheSawyerpasture,andtheacresofhisfarmstretchedoutonallsidesofit.Helivedalone,atealone,plowed,planted,sowed,harvestedalone,andwasmorethanwillingtodiealone,"unwept,unhonored,andunsung." Sowhowouldeverthinktovisithim,andurgehimtoattendchurch·ButanewHomeMissionsocietyhasbeensetupbythegirls,whichhaselectedasitsfirstpresidentthat"will-o'-the-wispishlittleperson,"Rebecca!Andwhenshesetshermindtoatask... KateDouglasWiggin(1856-1923),authorofsuchworksasRebeccaofSunnybrookFarm,Penelope'sEnglishExperiences,andAVillageStradivarius,wasoneofAmerica'smostpopularwritersofbooksforyoungpeople.
TheMayorofCasterbridge(1886)isatragicnovelbyEnglishauthorThomasHardy(1840–1928)subtitled,“TheLifeandDeathofaManofCharacter”.ItissetinthefictionaltownofCasterbridge(basedonthetownofDorchesterinDorset).ThebookisoneofHardy’sWessexnovels,allsetinafictionalrusticEngland.
TheEmeraldCityofOz(1910)wasthesixthOzbookwrittenbyL.FrankBaum,atitlehehopedwouldbethelast.Inthisbook,DorothyandherimpoverishedUncleHenryandAuntEmareonthebrinkoflosingtheirKansasfarm.Consequently,OzmainvitesthemalltoliveintheEmeraldCity.Theythenexplorethecountryside,visitingaseriesofstrangebeingsincludingtheCuttenclips,theFuddles,theRigmaroles,theFlutterbudgets,andtheresidentsofUtensia,BunburyandBunnybury.AuntEmandUncleHenryalsomeetoldfriendsliketheWizard,theCowardlyLionandtheHungryTiger,theScarecrow,theTinWoodman,JackPumpkinheadandH.M.WogglebugT.E.Thetravelers’idyllisbroughtshortbytheplotofanoldenemy,theNomeKing.Seekingrevengeforthelossofhismagicbelt,theNomeKinghasanundergroundtunnelbuiltsohecaninvadeandplunderOzandenslaveitspeoples.OurfriendsmanagetodefeattheNomeKingandhisallies,butsoberedbythisthreat,GlindaandOzmadecidetocutoffOzfromtheoutsideworldforever.HappilyforOzfans,foreverlastedonlythreeyears.BauminventedawaytoreopencommunicationswithOzandeightmoreOzbookswerepublishedbetween1913-1920.
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