Review of 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Fiction, Historical, United States, People & Places, Readers - Chapter Books' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I hadn't read this since childhood and it hasn't aged very well.
Anne of Green Gables, which was published a few years later, rips off the plot and even some of the scenes and descriptions fairly shamelessly. But L.M. Montgomery made much better use of the material, from the fuller characterization, to the added humor and pathos, and even to the nature descriptions. Rebecca feels much more like a period piece at this point.
Especially the much older male benefactor lovingly watching over her development till the "womanly" age of 17, ugh.