Geoffrey Strong

by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Geoffrey Strong by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1901

About the author

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (27 February, 1850 – 14 January, 1943) was an American writer. She often published as Laura E. Richards & wrote more than 90 books including biographies, poetry, and several for children.

Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. She was named after his famous deaf-blind pupil Laura Bridgman. Her mother Julia Ward Howe wrote the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

Reviews

[Alisha Trenalone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Geoffrey comes to town as the replacement doctor for one who's getting older. He makes up his mind that there's one house he wants to lodge at, but it is owned by two old spinster ladies, one of whom is pretty set in her thoughts against marriage and men. No problem. Geoffrey gets into their good graces by explaining his own antipathy to marriage, and they accept him as their own. Of course, a niece comes to stay with them and throws everybody into uncertainty. It seems she has had what her aunts call a disappointment, and Geoffrey assumes it is romantic. He is chagrined to find out the real cause of the trouble - she has been unable to complete medical school. He gravely disapproves of women studying medicine. This sets him up to be taken down a peg or two, while the question still hands in the balance: will this become a love story after all?