Miss Bishop
by Bess Streeter Aldrich
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Ella Bishop came to college a healthy, country-bred girl, alive to every fresh sensation, with an infinite capacity for work, love, and understanding. Her abundant energy and devotion to learning made her a superior student, then a gifted teacher. But her smile concealed more than one youthful tragedy, and tragedy did not stop with youth.Tags
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Cathy Tallon
10 mins ·
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Finished a classic from Nebraska author Bess Streeter Aldrich. I don't think I'd read it before.
She was not pretty. One could scarcely say what it was that set her apart from the others, -humor, vitality, capability, or some unknown characteristic which combined them all. It was as though she said: "Well, here I am. Let's begin."
10 mins ·
...
Finished a classic from Nebraska author Bess Streeter Aldrich. I don't think I'd read it before.
She was not pretty. One could scarcely say what it was that set her apart from the others, -humor, vitality, capability, or some unknown characteristic which combined them all. It was as though she said: "Well, here I am. Let's begin."
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Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers Part I - 1895-1939
399 works; 8 members
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30+ Works 2,692 Members
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Bison Book (University of Nebraska Press)
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Miss Bishop
- Original publication date
- 1933
- People/Characters
- Ella Bishop
- Important places
- Nebraska, USA
- Related movies
- Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941 | IMDb)
- First words
- In 1846, the prairie town of Oak River existed only in a settler's dream.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Old Chris turned out the lights.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
- LCC
- PS3501 .L378 .M5 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 110
- Popularity
- 294,321
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 10
