BDeBooks
The Little Violinist by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, book cover
Music PDF EPUB

The Little Violinist

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Downloads
Under 100
Pages
7
Download

About this book

A holiday visit to a Boston theatre leads Thomas Bailey Aldrich to reflect on the cost of childhood spent performing for adults. In this personal essay, he recalls seeing James Speaight, a young violinist known on stage as Young Americus. The boy plays before the audience and then conducts the orchestra, impressing the narrator with his trained ear while also showing signs of weariness.

Aldrich sets this demanding public life beside the protected childhood of his own twins, Charley and Talbot, who delight in the theatre's fairy scenery and stage transformations. His affectionate accounts of their play make his concern for working children more concrete. The sketch moves between family humour, observation of a performance and an appeal for public responsibility. It offers a brief, personal treatment of child labour, asking adults to consider the rest and care that even a talented child needs.

About the author

Thomas Bailey Aldrich - BDeBooks
Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) was an American writer, poet, critic and editor. He edited The Atlantic Monthly for many years and published writers such as Charles W. Chesnutt there. His semi-autobiographical book "The Story of a Bad Boy" gave rise to the bad boy's book subgenre in nineteenth-century American literature.

More by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

See all 9 books

More from this genre

See all

Discussion

No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.

Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy

Read or download

Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.

No download needed. Text reader: adjustable size, font and theme.
  • EPUB 12 KB Best for iPhone, Android, Kobo and tablets
  • KINDLE Send to Kindle Kindle devices and the Kindle app. Uses the same EPUB file. Send
    1. Download the EPUB file to this device.
    2. Open Amazon's Send to Kindle page, sign in, and add the file. Open Send to Kindle (opens in a new tab)

    On a phone: open the downloaded EPUB and share it to the Kindle app.

    You can also email the file to your Kindle address (it ends in @kindle.com) from an email address you approved in your Amazon account.

  • PDF 116 KB Best for computers, laptops and printing

Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone

Book facts

Reading time
About 15 minutes
Pages
7
Language
English
Genre
Music
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online