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Aunt Jane's Nieces #6
चाची जेन की भतीजी और चाचा जॉन: Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John, Hindi edition
इस गृहस्थी के साधारण जीवन से किसी को शक नहीं हो सकता, जिसने विलिंग स्क्वायर के दूसरे कोने के फ्लैट पर कब्जा कर लिया, कि मिस डॉयल एक उत्तराधिकारी थी। इतना ही नहीं, लेकिन शायद न्यूयॉर्क में सबसे अमीर लड़कियों में से एक। और इसका कारण आसानी से बताया गया है जब मैं इस तथ्य को बताता हूं कि पेटी के अंकल जॉन मेरिक, गोल छोटे गंजे सिर वाले व्यक्ति जो अपने सूप खाने से संतुष्ट थे, वह कई लाखों लोगों का आदमी था, और यह लड़की उसकी पसंदीदा भतीजी थी। एक पुराने स्नातक जिसने सुदूर उत्तर पश्चिम में एक अपार सौभाग्य प्राप्त किया था, मिस्टर मेरिक हाल ही में सक्रिय व्यवसाय से सेवानिवृत्त हुए थे और पूर्व में किसी भी ऐसे रिश्तेदार की तलाश में आए जो चालीस साल की अनुपस्थिति के बाद भी उनके पास रहे। उनकी बहन जेन उनकी तीन भतीजियों-लुईस मेरिक, एलिजाबेथ डी ग्राफ और पेट्रीसिया डॉयल के आसपास इकट्ठी हुई थीं और जब चाची जेन की मौत हुई तो चाचा जॉन ने इन तीन लड़कियों को गोद लिया और उनकी खुशियों की परवाह करते हुए उनकी खुशहाल जिंदगी की परवाह की। उस समय, मेजर डॉयल, पैटी के एकमात्र जीवित माता-पिता, एक गरीब मुनीम थे; लेकिन चाचा जॉन ने उन्हें अपने विशाल संपत्ति हितों का प्रभार दिया, और पाटसी को लगभग उसी तरह प्यार करते हुए जैसा कि उनके पिता ने किया था, डॉयल के साथ अपना घर बनाया और जीवन में पहली बार खुद का आनंद लेना शुरू किया।
170 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1911
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April 21, 2021
Patsy and Beth are on a cross-country automobile drive with their father and uncle John, when they encounter a disabled young girl searching for her distant relatives. They decide to help her, and the group travels across the Southwest, finding adventure on their way to California.
The plot can be a little slow with all the descriptions of travelling, and the scenery, and the mountains and deserts and the plants and wildlife, etc... If you enjoy travelling-style books, then you would like this one. I found it interesting to hear about all the different places they visit, but it definitely slows down the main plot.
There are some exciting scenes in the plot, and they have a couple of crazy adventures. They meet some really weird and wild people along the way. The supporting characters are all so strange and quirky! I thought they were really interesting and funny. I enjoyed the storyline about the remittance men and the story about the disabled girl who they help.
One thing that I did not like about this book was the racist attitude toward Native Americans. I try to look at it in a balanced way as a historical reflection of the culture at the time. There are several comments about Native Americans, and caricatures of Native American characters, and even entire scenes on Native American reservations that are horribly racist. It's a shame, but I just try to ignore it and enjoy the rest of the book. I try to be happy about how far our society has come so that now those attitudes are not the norm, but it is still sometimes upsetting to read about, especially since I am partly Native American myself.
Overall, this book has a few problems, but I already love Uncle John and the nieces so much that I still enjoyed this book!
The plot can be a little slow with all the descriptions of travelling, and the scenery, and the mountains and deserts and the plants and wildlife, etc... If you enjoy travelling-style books, then you would like this one. I found it interesting to hear about all the different places they visit, but it definitely slows down the main plot.
There are some exciting scenes in the plot, and they have a couple of crazy adventures. They meet some really weird and wild people along the way. The supporting characters are all so strange and quirky! I thought they were really interesting and funny. I enjoyed the storyline about the remittance men and the story about the disabled girl who they help.
One thing that I did not like about this book was the racist attitude toward Native Americans. I try to look at it in a balanced way as a historical reflection of the culture at the time. There are several comments about Native Americans, and caricatures of Native American characters, and even entire scenes on Native American reservations that are horribly racist. It's a shame, but I just try to ignore it and enjoy the rest of the book. I try to be happy about how far our society has come so that now those attitudes are not the norm, but it is still sometimes upsetting to read about, especially since I am partly Native American myself.
Overall, this book has a few problems, but I already love Uncle John and the nieces so much that I still enjoyed this book!
February 22, 2018
In today's society this book can be called racist. However in the time period it was written this was the thoughts of the majority of citizens in the U S. So at that time it wouldn't have been called racist but even enlightened for its positive portrait of the chauffeur as they got to know him. It is important to know our history to avoid repeating it. And not to harshly judge people on matters where they did not possess the knowledge we do.
October 8, 2019
Since Louise is now married, Uncle John comes up with an idea for a new adventure for Patsy, Beth ,the Major and himself. To go wander all the way to California.
They head out by train to Denver, along the way collecting a young girl of fourteen afraid, unwell and travelling alone. She was still recovering from an accident, but her aunt (her parents were both dead) had decided to send her away to her uncle, a miner somewhere out west. No precaution had been made to see if he was still there! Nor had much thought gone into the idea of a young girl’s dilemma of living in a mining camp.
Our friends take her under their wing. Uncle John has a Doctor look at Myrtle’s injuries. She is unable to walk well at all and would eventually need surgery to correct the problems with her hip. The best crutches are obtained for her, and the girls adapt their clothing for her.
As the entourage plan to travel the rest of the way by car, even though it is winter and much of the journey will be at higher elevation. But Uncle John has obtained a car which he has adapted in clever ways to hold what supplies they would need. He also asks around and obtains the best chauffeur available, a French Canadian with Native Indian blood. He doesn’t seem to be all that special, the Major in particular not trusting him at all. But it isn’t long before he begins to prove his worth.
As you can imagine, the girls adapt to the somewhat primitive situations very well, looking at each experience as novel and entertaining. There are some tense moments with coyotes and baddies, but it is the untamed west.
The young girl, Mabel begins to grow in confidence and in health as she spends time with the girls, though there is still mystery as to what will happen to her when they reach journey’s end. What if they do not find the Uncle?
The reader did well with the story. Could have added a change of tone to reflect adventures and emotions.
They head out by train to Denver, along the way collecting a young girl of fourteen afraid, unwell and travelling alone. She was still recovering from an accident, but her aunt (her parents were both dead) had decided to send her away to her uncle, a miner somewhere out west. No precaution had been made to see if he was still there! Nor had much thought gone into the idea of a young girl’s dilemma of living in a mining camp.
Our friends take her under their wing. Uncle John has a Doctor look at Myrtle’s injuries. She is unable to walk well at all and would eventually need surgery to correct the problems with her hip. The best crutches are obtained for her, and the girls adapt their clothing for her.
As the entourage plan to travel the rest of the way by car, even though it is winter and much of the journey will be at higher elevation. But Uncle John has obtained a car which he has adapted in clever ways to hold what supplies they would need. He also asks around and obtains the best chauffeur available, a French Canadian with Native Indian blood. He doesn’t seem to be all that special, the Major in particular not trusting him at all. But it isn’t long before he begins to prove his worth.
As you can imagine, the girls adapt to the somewhat primitive situations very well, looking at each experience as novel and entertaining. There are some tense moments with coyotes and baddies, but it is the untamed west.
The young girl, Mabel begins to grow in confidence and in health as she spends time with the girls, though there is still mystery as to what will happen to her when they reach journey’s end. What if they do not find the Uncle?
The reader did well with the story. Could have added a change of tone to reflect adventures and emotions.
June 5, 2023
Summary
Patsy, Beth, Patsy's father, and the girls' Uncle John venture out west by train and car, and meet adventures along the way.
Review
This is the second travelogue among the Aunt Jane’s Nieces books. The first was of Italy. This second is of the American West, and conveys Baum’s awe at the majestic Grand Canyon and other spots. Unfortunately, it’s also of its time and incorporates some unfortunate characterizations of Native Americans and Mexicans – the latter mostly voiced by characters meant to be unappealing, but the former fully owned by Baum. I didn’t take them as meant to be derogatory, but the characterization of Wampus, the part-Native American chauffeur, is at the least lazy, and unfortunately runs through the book, though somewhat balanced by the fact that he’s also shown as highly competent.
The mild twist in this book is that only two of the nieces appear – Patsy and Beth – but Louise is quickly replaced with an equally endearing young woman (and a dog), so there’s not much change in the formula.
I found this – perhaps because of the wide-eyed but sincere travelogue – to be among the least appealing of the Nieces books so far. The happy ending plot twist is also predictable from early on, which makes the book even more reliant on the frail travelogue. Not bad, but only really for fans of the series, which is starting here to feel a bit stretched.
Patsy, Beth, Patsy's father, and the girls' Uncle John venture out west by train and car, and meet adventures along the way.
Review
This is the second travelogue among the Aunt Jane’s Nieces books. The first was of Italy. This second is of the American West, and conveys Baum’s awe at the majestic Grand Canyon and other spots. Unfortunately, it’s also of its time and incorporates some unfortunate characterizations of Native Americans and Mexicans – the latter mostly voiced by characters meant to be unappealing, but the former fully owned by Baum. I didn’t take them as meant to be derogatory, but the characterization of Wampus, the part-Native American chauffeur, is at the least lazy, and unfortunately runs through the book, though somewhat balanced by the fact that he’s also shown as highly competent.
The mild twist in this book is that only two of the nieces appear – Patsy and Beth – but Louise is quickly replaced with an equally endearing young woman (and a dog), so there’s not much change in the formula.
I found this – perhaps because of the wide-eyed but sincere travelogue – to be among the least appealing of the Nieces books so far. The happy ending plot twist is also predictable from early on, which makes the book even more reliant on the frail travelogue. Not bad, but only really for fans of the series, which is starting here to feel a bit stretched.
January 19, 2026
The editor and author intended the target audience for this series to be adolescent girls. I found it pleasant enough for restful adult light entertainment. Dorothy and Toto are both here, renamed. Lynne T’s reading of this book on Librivox, like all of her others, is a delight.
The plot could be summarized in a simple paragraph. Not every author can make a whole chapter out of a hotel’s rooms being overwarm with no particular consequences. The characters were good company, not for each other alone. Only Myrtle Dean and the Silent Man undergo any character development, unless one wants to count the slightly less-barbed asides over time from the good-hearted Major. Racism present? Check. Victorian approbation of a young teenage girl’s infatuated doting on a father(-figure) now feels somewhere between naïve and inappropriate parenting. Evading blatant spoilers, I’ll say the resemblance of the last chapter to an engagement approaches creepy.
As for other historically interesting content, Uncle John imagined and built an RV before the concept existed. I enjoyed imagining the long-gone condition of Coronado and other slightly familiar modern scenery. I’d heard of Remittance Men from the sending end thanks to some other fiction. As for the receiving end, I was aware of the combination of vigor and lawlessness in early Australia but thought little about the effects of emigrants who didn’t want to work and didn’t have to.
The plot could be summarized in a simple paragraph. Not every author can make a whole chapter out of a hotel’s rooms being overwarm with no particular consequences. The characters were good company, not for each other alone. Only Myrtle Dean and the Silent Man undergo any character development, unless one wants to count the slightly less-barbed asides over time from the good-hearted Major. Racism present? Check. Victorian approbation of a young teenage girl’s infatuated doting on a father(-figure) now feels somewhere between naïve and inappropriate parenting. Evading blatant spoilers, I’ll say the resemblance of the last chapter to an engagement approaches creepy.
As for other historically interesting content, Uncle John imagined and built an RV before the concept existed. I enjoyed imagining the long-gone condition of Coronado and other slightly familiar modern scenery. I’d heard of Remittance Men from the sending end thanks to some other fiction. As for the receiving end, I was aware of the combination of vigor and lawlessness in early Australia but thought little about the effects of emigrants who didn’t want to work and didn’t have to.
April 20, 2022
This book is remarkable for the big road trip the family take, basically along what would become Route 66. Anyone familiar with this road trip will enjoy this little bit of history, and appreciate the hardships of early motoring.
June 23, 2011
This is the most racist of the series so far. Baum's writing may have been acceptable 100 years ago but his classist, racist attitudes really show through in this book if the series.
July 26, 2013
Always a happy ending!
June 25, 2013
A sweet story.
October 25, 2012
As this is book #5 the story lines are becoming predictable but still very enjoyable all told.
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