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The Wind's Will
Colinette, a young French flower girl and Gregory an English Captain, get thrown into each other's arms by a trick of the wind. Gregory is in love with the fair but cold Augusta, but an accident sees him recovering at Colinette's flower farm where she lives with her uncle and aunt.
As their admiration and affection for each other grows, so does society's distain. Will their love be able to weather the storm?
As their admiration and affection for each other grows, so does society's distain. Will their love be able to weather the storm?
245 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1915
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Agnes Castle
85 books1 followerBorn Agnes Sweetman.
She and her husband Egerton Castle wrote many of their books together. Her sisters Elinor Sweetman and M.E. Francis were also writers.
She and her husband Egerton Castle wrote many of their books together. Her sisters Elinor Sweetman and M.E. Francis were also writers.
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July 3, 2021
Since no one on goodreads except me has read this book, here is my review:
I have a little hardcover copy, which I bought in West Wyalong for $5, it was printed originally in 1915,but my copy is 1919.
Of all the characters in this book, Colinette is star. She is from a rural French family, who own a flower farm and sell at the markets in Paris. She is young and full of joy and life, smart and firey, and principled and good.
She alone drives the story along with a stick, despite it being called "The Wind's Will". Although Colinette may be driven by the wind along with the other characters, she is driven willingly and would stop if she were not.
Geoffrey is English, charming, and weak and indecisive, as well as finely stubborn at times. Towards the end he grows up a little.
Augusta is cold and a greedy snake, at times we feel sorry for her when she realises that she gave up love for money, but she never allows that realisation to change her actions or motives and we do not feel sorry any more.
Colinette magnificently chooses to stick by Geoffrey, by this time her husband, when the final big conflict of the book emerges.
I also like how the book pauses at times to analyse the character's behaviours, saying this like "she acted like this as all such-and-such types of ladies are wont to act in situations like this because..."
It was very quaint and endearing, these charming little patches of analysis of the human nature.
The whole book was charmingly old fashioned, yet with similar motivations that anyone with a living beating heart might have today.
I have a little hardcover copy, which I bought in West Wyalong for $5, it was printed originally in 1915,but my copy is 1919.
Of all the characters in this book, Colinette is star. She is from a rural French family, who own a flower farm and sell at the markets in Paris. She is young and full of joy and life, smart and firey, and principled and good.
She alone drives the story along with a stick, despite it being called "The Wind's Will". Although Colinette may be driven by the wind along with the other characters, she is driven willingly and would stop if she were not.
Geoffrey is English, charming, and weak and indecisive, as well as finely stubborn at times. Towards the end he grows up a little.
Augusta is cold and a greedy snake, at times we feel sorry for her when she realises that she gave up love for money, but she never allows that realisation to change her actions or motives and we do not feel sorry any more.
Colinette magnificently chooses to stick by Geoffrey, by this time her husband, when the final big conflict of the book emerges.
I also like how the book pauses at times to analyse the character's behaviours, saying this like "she acted like this as all such-and-such types of ladies are wont to act in situations like this because..."
It was very quaint and endearing, these charming little patches of analysis of the human nature.
The whole book was charmingly old fashioned, yet with similar motivations that anyone with a living beating heart might have today.
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