Dotty Dimple at Play
Sophie May
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Description
Sophie May wrote Dotty Dimple at Play in 1868 for the youngest readers, and she gave the book to the blind children of the asylum at Indianapolis, whom the first chapter visits. Dotty Parlin is a small, merry girl, and her cousin Katie, called Flyaway, steals most scenes with her baby talk and bold ways.
The chapters are games and scrapes: playing ship, a spoiled dinner, playing truant, playing prisoner, and playing thief. A train ride to Indianapolis opens the book, with Katie thrilled to ride in the cars. Thanksgiving Day and Grandma's old times slow the pace, and a crystal wedding closes it. May, who also wrote the Little Prudy books, keeps each fault small and each lesson kind. The talk is full of child speech, spelled as it sounds, which was the book's charm for its first readers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sophie May |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 126 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |