Marshall Saunders (1861–1947)
Autore di Beautiful Joe
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Fonte dell'immagine: Image from Little pilgrimages among the women who have written famous books (1902) by Edward Francis Harkins
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Saunders, Margaret Marshall
- Altri nomi
- Saunders, Marshall
- Data di nascita
- 1861-04-13
- Data di morte
- 1947-02-15
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Canada
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Luogo di nascita
- Milton, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Luogo di morte
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Luogo di residenza
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Berwick, Nova Scotia, Canada - Attività lavorative
- children's book author
- Relazioni
- Montgomery, Lucy Maude (friend)
- Organizzazioni
- Canadian Women's Press Club
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1934)
Beautiful Joe Park, Meaford, Ontario, Canada
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 24
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 751
- Popolarità
- #33,866
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 19
- ISBN
- 95
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
Beautiful Joe was a dog (apparently a real dog) who was abused by his owner (along with his mother and siblings, who were all killed), but was rescued by some local kids after Joe’s owner cut off his ears and tail. Joe hit the jackpot with his new family, especially soft-hearted Miss Laura who took good care of Joe and all the other animals the family had. When Miss Laura went off to a relative’s farm for a summer, Joe went with her and learned about the farm animals, as well.
The book was told from Beautiful Joe’s point of view. I enjoyed this (mostly), but it did get preachy at times. I completely agree with it all, but even so, it still felt a bit preachy to me. Many of the characters in the story were almost too good to be true, but at the same time, I think the book (originally published in 1893) was trying to teach kids not to be cruel to animals – they have feelings and feel pain, too. Interesting that it is actually a woman who wrote this: Margaret Marshall Saunders.… (altro)