Judith of the Plains

by Marie Manning

This Book "Judith of the Plains" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

200 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1903

Reviews

[Elisabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this novel seemed to have a number of promising elements, I felt that they seemed jumbled together, the focus of the story juggled this way and that to different characters and plotlines, without a clear narrative thread linking them together. For instance, though a large chunk of the narrative follows Mary, she never does play a real role in the plot, except to serve as the Easterner through whose eyes we are shown the West. There are a few interesting descriptions of scenes and people, some moments of humor (the antagonism between Mrs. Yellett and Leander, for instance). For a few chapters of tense tragedy near the climax, and the bittersweet ending, Manning manages to concentrate and stick to the point, but for much of the time I kept waiting for all the different elements to click together cohesively and it didn't happen.

[Ron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read my review at my blog.