Marie

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A treasured violin gives Marie a reason to leave the travelling troupe that has long controlled her life. When its leader threatens to hand her instrument to his daughter, she slips away and walks towards a New England village. There, her playing draws children and their neighbours into the street. Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards presents the young musician through her lively thoughts, her memories of Brittany and her close attachment to the violin she treats as a companion.

This short novel brings music, kindness and questions of personal freedom into a rural setting. While staying in Abby's care, Marie longs for open fields and a life free from other people's commands. Her hopes mingle with remembered village customs and a belief that the rising sun offers encouragement. Readers interested in childhood, belonging and the claims of marriage will find those concerns expressed through Marie's own wishes and observations.

About the author

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1850-1943) was an American writer who produced more than ninety books, most of them for young readers. The daughter of Julia Ward Howe and the reformer Samuel Gridley Howe, she grew up in Boston and settled in Gardiner, Maine, where she wrote steadily for six decades.