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| Title | : | Rose in Bloom (Eight Cousins #2) |
| Author | : | Louisa May Alcott |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 302 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 1995 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (first published 1876) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Young Adult. Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Childrens |
Louisa May Alcott
Paperback | Pages: 302 pages Rating: 4.04 | 21445 Users | 533 Reviews
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In this sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more for her money than for herself.Describe Books As Rose in Bloom (Eight Cousins #2)
| Original Title: | Rose in Bloom |
| ISBN: | 0316030899 (ISBN13: 9780316030892) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Eight Cousins #2 |
| Characters: | Rose Campbell, Dr. Alec Campbell |
| Setting: | Boston, Massachusetts(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 21445 Users | 533 ReviewsWrite-Up Out Of Books Rose in Bloom (Eight Cousins #2)
I have several aunts who are readers. And they have always looked after me when it comes to sending books they think I'd like my way. Particularly during my formative reading years. To this day, many of the books nearest and dearest to my heart came to me in the mail from one of my aunts. When I was twelve or so, my Aunt Becky sent me a lesser known book (which I had never heard of) by a very well known author (which I had). The book was ROSE IN BLOOM and it was actually the first book I everI was already a hardcore fan of Little Women when my mother pleased me very much one Christmas by giving me a matching hardcover set of the two Eight Cousins books which I hadn't as yet read (why not? I'm sure they were in the local public library). I thought they were great, just as good as Little Women in their way, and I confess that at that young age (something like 11) I wanted to be Rose Campbell just a little bit more than I wanted to be Jo March. Rereading them for the first time as an
First, do not expect Little Women. Rose in Bloom cant possibly measure up. Secondly, expect a great deal of moralizing and priggishness. If you bear both of those warnings in mind, youll find the sequel to Louisa May Alcotts maudlin and unbearable Eight Cousins just this side of tolerable, if still pretty preachy. Pollyanna-ish Rose Campbell is all grown up, as are several of her seven boy cousins. Rose in Bloom, as the title implies, follows Roses young womanhood and her decisions about
I actually liked Alcott's Rose series much better than the Little Women series.
I'm pretty sure I read this one in childhood, but hadn't read it for a long time. I found it really uninteresting and one that I skimmed most of the way through. It was very didactic and moralistic and not my favorite Alcott book by far.
This certainly did not turn out the way I thought it would.Somehow Alcott always manages to contrive the most unlikely and unexpected romances for her heroines, always saving them for the very last pages. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Alcott herself didn't necessarily want to marry off her heroines. She wanted to have them shine for themselves, to take the center place at the stage and keep them there.Rose is no exception.I quite enjoyed this little comedy of manners, romance and youth.
4/5 starsThe ridiculously slow pace at which I read this book might seem like evidence to the contrary, but I enjoyed this book so much more than the first! Eight Cousins was cute, it was very sweet and I think it gave a very necessary introduction to the personalities and relationships between the characters of this story, but in retrospect that entire book just feels like a setup for this story to be told.I think much of what I said in my review for Eight Cousins holds true for this book as
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