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Molly Brown's Senior Days

by Nell Speed

Other authors: Charles L. Wrenn (Illustrator)

Series: Molly Brown (4)

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Summer still lingered in the land when Wellington College opened her gates one morning in September. Frequent heavy rains had freshened the thirsty fields and meadows, and autumn had not yet touched the foliage with scarlet and gold. The breeze that fluttered the curtains at the windows of No. 5 Quadrangle was as soft and humid as a breath of May. It was as if spring was in the air and the note of things awakening, pushing up through the damp earth to catch the warm rays of the sun. It was Nature's last effort before she entered into her long sleep.Molly Brown, standing by the open window, gazed thoughtfully across the campus. Snatches of song and laughter, fragments of conversation and the tinkle of the mandolin floated up to her from the darkness. It was like an oft-told but ever delightful story to her now.… (more)
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I had to read this since I'd read the previous three... The moral of the year is apparently that trying to look nice is bad. Problematic treatment of "our coloured man", Irish cooks and housekeepers, and the token Japanese schoolfellow continue, with our heroines cheerfully mocking the father of this last for his accent and then being shocked, shocked, that when his daughter finds out about this she takes it the wrong way and is offended.

Predictable love affair continues predictably. ( )
  zeborah | Jun 5, 2013 |
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Summer still lingered in the land when Wellington College opened her gates one morning in September. Frequent heavy rains had freshened the thirsty fields and meadows, and autumn had not yet touched the foliage with scarlet and gold. The breeze that fluttered the curtains at the windows of No. 5 Quadrangle was as soft and humid as a breath of May. It was as if spring was in the air and the note of things awakening, pushing up through the damp earth to catch the warm rays of the sun. It was Nature's last effort before she entered into her long sleep.Molly Brown, standing by the open window, gazed thoughtfully across the campus. Snatches of song and laughter, fragments of conversation and the tinkle of the mandolin floated up to her from the darkness. It was like an oft-told but ever delightful story to her now.

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"This book tells of another year of glad college life, bringing the girls to the days of diplomas, and farewells, and introducing new friends to complicate old friendships." -Publisher Advertisement

Available online at The Internet Archive:
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