Little Colonel

[osprey_archer]

I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a series of posts about the Little Colonel books. I’ve read so many books from the era, it could all go to such good use contextualizing everything that’s going on in the Little Colonel - the good and the "why the hell did you just write that???"

And also there’s all this pent-up squee about the Lloyd/Ida possibilities that just needs to go somewhere.

Would anyone be interested?

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

I don't know what Little Colonel is, but I'm all for people using their journals to post about what they want to.

And then I will know what Little Colonel is!

[missroserose]

I love narrative posts that give context about things I've never heard of! So yes. :)

[evelyn_b]

Yes, of course! Contextualize away!

[sovay]

I’ve read so many books from the era, it could all go to such good use contextualizing everything that’s going on in the Little Colonel - the good and the "why the hell did you just write that???"

I'd read that!

[asakiyume]

I don't know the series, but I like taking a look at anything you post.

[indigocreek]

I don't know the series, but I'm sure I'd be interested. What would be a good starting point for reading it?

[osprey_archer]

It's a series of ten books. The first book, really a novella, is The Little Colonel, but the first book that I read is the second in the series, The Little Colonel's House Party, which also serves perfectly well as an introduction.

The main series consists of:

•The Little Colonel (1895)
•The Little Colonel's House Party (1900)
•The Little Colonel's Holiday (1901)
•The Little Colonel's Hero (1902)
•The Little Colonel at Boarding School (1904)
•The Little Colonel in Arizona (1904)
•The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation (1905)
•The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor (1906)
•Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding (1907)
•The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware (1908)

There are also some companion novels about other characters in the series, but that's the main sequence.

If you've got an e-reader, Amazon has an omnibus of the whole series: The Complete Little Colonel Series.