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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

31 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratings

Eleven year old Rebecca Rowena Randall travels to Riverboro, Maine, to live with her spinster aunts, Jane and Miranda Sawyer. Her father has been dead for three years and her mother is unable to cope with her brood of seven growing children. Rebecca is being sent to her aunts' farm to try to improve her prospects in life and also ease the family's burden. The aunts had actually wanted her older and more placid sister, Hannah, who is more handy round the house to be sent, but Rebecca's mother sends the dreamy, more imaginative Rebecca instead.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin was published in 1903. The fictional town of Riverboro is based on Hollis, Maine, where the author herself spent her childhood. Kate Douglas Wiggin's life took a monumental turn with a chance encounter – her unexpected meeting with Charles Dickens on a train when she was 11 years old. She engaged the famous author in a lively chat that she later described in a memoir A Child's Journey with Dickens published in 1912. She began writing to supplement the family income and achieved great success with many of her books and stories. She wrote for both children and adults and some of her works included scholarly non-fiction on education and child rearing. However, she is best known for her classic children's books like Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Mother Carey's Chickens and Rose o' the River. She was also a talented musician and is credited with several melodious compositions.

This book has much in common with another book written two years later, one which is equally famous and loved by children the world over – Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Though Anne's story continued over eleven more books, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm was followed by just one sequel written by Wiggin, The New Chronicles of Rebecca. A distant cousin of her husband's, Eric Wiggin, wrote a few more Rebecca books in the 1990's and also updated the original.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm traces the heroine's growth and maturity from an impulsive, carefree child into a responsible, mature young woman, who is able to use her imaginative gifts wisely and profitably.

The book was adapted for the stage by the author herself in 1909 and filmed several times. The most popular film version has Shirley Temple playing Rebecca. More than a hundred years after it first came out, the book remains a firm favorite with children and adults the world over. A great addition to your collection of classic children's books!

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Episodes

01 – We Are Seven

January 02, 2024 00:00 - 26 minutes - 11.4 MB

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02 – Rebecca’s Relations

January 01, 2024 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MB

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03 – A Difference In Hearts

December 31, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MB

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04 – Rebecca’s Point Of View

December 30, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 2.86 MB

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05 – Wisdom’s Ways

December 29, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes - 8.58 MB

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06 – Sunshine in a Shady Place

December 28, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MB

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07 – Riverboro Secrets

December 27, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MB

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08 – Color of Rose

December 26, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MB

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09 – Ashes of Roses

December 25, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MB

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10 – Rainbow Bridges

December 24, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MB

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11 – The Stirring of the Powers

December 23, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MB

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12 – See the Pale Martyr

December 22, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 6.68 MB

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13 – Snow-White; Rose-Red

December 21, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MB

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14 – Mr. Aladdin

December 20, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MB

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15 – The Banquet Lamp

December 19, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MB

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16 – Seasons Of Growth

December 18, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes - 8.58 MB

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17 – Gray Days And Gold

December 17, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 5.72 MB

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18 – Rebecca Represents The Family

December 16, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MB

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19 – Deacon Israel’s Successor

December 15, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MB

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20 – A Change of Heart

December 14, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MB

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21 – The Sky Line Widens

December 13, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 8.58 MB

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22 – Clover Blossoms and Sunflowers

December 12, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 9.54 MB

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23 – The Hill Difficulty

December 11, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MB

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24 – Aladdin Rubs His Lamp

December 10, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MB

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25 – Roses of Joy

December 09, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutes - 8.58 MB

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26 – Over the Teacups

December 08, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 6.68 MB

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27 – The Vision Splendid

December 07, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 7.63 MB

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28 – Th’ Inevitable Yoke

December 06, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes - 8.58 MB

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29 – Mother and Daughter

December 05, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MB

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30 – Good-Bye, Sunnybrook

December 04, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MB

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31 – Aunt Miranda’s Apology

December 03, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 2.86 MB

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