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When Jane Allen left her home in Montana to go east to Wellington College, she was sure she could never learn to endure the restrictions of college life.
This series is a decided departure from the stories usually written of life in the modern college for young women. An authoritative account of the life of the college girl as it is lived today.
This series is a decided departure from the stories usually written of life in the modern college for young women. An authoritative account of the life of the college girl as it is lived today.
312 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1917
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Edith Bancroft
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March 19, 2020
Jane, a true "western" girl, having grown up motherless on a ranch, has had a lot of freedom and few female companions. When she comes to attend at Wellington Seminary, she doesn't expect to like girls. But through kindness, patience, and basketball (yes, basketball!), Jane manages to open herself up to friendships. Plus, Jane gains an enemy who puts Regina George to shame.
The only downside, as in many of these older books, is the characters' stereotypical portrayals of other cultures. It's jarring enough to disrupt my enjoyment of what is otherwise a novel that allows for a complex interpretation of what it means to be feminine.
The only downside, as in many of these older books, is the characters' stereotypical portrayals of other cultures. It's jarring enough to disrupt my enjoyment of what is otherwise a novel that allows for a complex interpretation of what it means to be feminine.
June 6, 2022
I bought what appears to be a first edition, published in 1917, of this book at a library sale. The novel seems to have aged well, both in its content and in its physical condition. The book had a pleasant old dry smell to it, compared to those that take on a damp musty old smell. The main character, Jane, has a bit of a temper and speaks her mind bluntly, traits that get her into trouble with her new classmates. She was raised by her father and cowboys out in the west, so when she attends her late mother’s alma mater she is not used to socializing with other girls. It is a rough start for her but the experience slowly grows on her.
The book reads more modern than you might expect for being written over 100 years ago. A lot of the dialogue could pass for what you hear now, though there are old fashioned phrases and modern teenagers are more savvy and more apt to swear and what have you. Then again, I have written two young adult novels and I purposely kept the language fairly clean. Perhaps teenaged readers are used to swearing and do it themselves, but I want my books to illustrate that it may be possible for them to string several sentences together without leaning on an f-bomb or two.
This book is the first in a series about Jane Allen, and I see a few of them are available for KIndle through Gutenberg.org. I dare say I will give another one a try at some point.
The book reads more modern than you might expect for being written over 100 years ago. A lot of the dialogue could pass for what you hear now, though there are old fashioned phrases and modern teenagers are more savvy and more apt to swear and what have you. Then again, I have written two young adult novels and I purposely kept the language fairly clean. Perhaps teenaged readers are used to swearing and do it themselves, but I want my books to illustrate that it may be possible for them to string several sentences together without leaning on an f-bomb or two.
This book is the first in a series about Jane Allen, and I see a few of them are available for KIndle through Gutenberg.org. I dare say I will give another one a try at some point.
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