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Cargando... Little Miss Grouch: A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage (1914)por Samuel Hopkins Adams
Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This short little gem is absolutely charming. A case of mistaken identity turns to romance on the high seas when Little Miss Grouch (actually heiress Cecily Wayne) meets Daddleskink (Mr. Alexander Forsyth Smith) while fleeing an unwanted engagement. This light, breezy period piece is sure to entertain! sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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A young American woman is running away from her family because she refuses to marry the man her father has picked out. She boards a ship for England and meets up with a young man after she accidentally stomps on his foot. She looks awful because she's been crying and upset. He helps her avoid pursuit and be able to stay on the ship unnoticed. Later she hears him telling a friend about her, describing her in very unflattering language and calling her "Little Miss Grouch." She's actually very pretty when she's not crying, as becomes obvious the next morning, when the young man falls in love with her (he's always called The Tyro, for some reason, although his name is actually Alexander).
Interfering acquaintances inform her father that this young man is hanging around the girl, and the captain is given authority to lock her in her room if The Tyro says one more word to her.
What follows is the story of how he tries to avoid her, and how she plays cat-and-mouse with him, and they generally both try to pretend that they don't care too much about each other. (Which manifestly isn't true.) (