Hospital Sketches
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• Release: |
November 2009
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• Author: |
Louisa M. Alcott |
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• Year Written: |
1863 |
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• Nationality: |
American |
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• Genre: |
Historical Fiction
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• Cover Artist: |
Judith Hunt
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• Voice Actor: |
Judy Edmunds
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• Recorded by: |
Night Sky
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• Length: |
TBA |
"Ah, the good old days!" Maybe they weren't quite as idyllic as we would like to think, but they are definitely worth revisiting. Those simpler, slower, sentimental days can be respites from today's hectic pace and sometime impersonal feel. Enjoying a trip to yesteryear is what our NOSTALGIC AUDIOBOOKS are all about. So, whether you've lived through them yourself or are just of that tender bent, you're invited to sit a spell and reminisce. Now, how about a nice cup of tea?
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Kalliope's Review |
"Don't you just love it when an author tells a story in such a way that you feel like she is a dear friend? Miss Alcott displays that very elusive talent in this book. You can almost 'see' the army camp, the wounded soldiers, and the pained faces that tell what is often their last words to this young, volunteer army nurse. All the while, she bares her heart to us, the reader, telling us how less than competent she felt but did not dare show it with so many men depending on her. I wish more people would be this transparent, don't you?" ~ Kalliope |
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Short Book Summary |
Hospital Sketches, written over a hundred and fifty years ago by acclaimed authoress Louisa May Alcott, is the story of her own Civil War nursing career. As she recounts her thoughts, actions, and adventures via the fictional character, “Tribulation Periwinkle,” we find inspiration in the memorable soldiers she encounters. These men, strong in spirit, stoic in pain, and silent in grief, teach Miss Periwinkle, as well as today’s listeners, the true meaning of heroism in a time of war. |
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Read Sample Paragraph |
"As boys going to sea immediately become nautical in speech, walk as if they already had their "sea legs" on, and shiver their timbers on all possible occasions, so I turned military at once, called my dinner my rations, saluted all new comers, and ordered a dress parade that very afternoon. Having reviewed every rag I possessed, I detailed some for picket duty while airing over the fence; some to the sanitary influences of the wash-tub; others to mount guard in the trunk; while the weak and wounded went to the Work- basket Hospital, to be made ready for active service again. To this squad I devoted myself for a week; but all was done, and I had time to get powerfully impatient before the letter came. It did arrive however, and brought a disappointment along with its good will and friendliness, for it told me that the place in the Armory Hospital that I supposed I was to take, was already filled, and a much less desirable one at Hurly-burly House was offered instead." |
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Quote: the Scribe |
"...the Periwinkles are a hopeful race; their crest is an anchor, with three cock-a-doodles crowing atop. They all wear rose colored
spectacles, and are lineal descendants of the inventor of aeriel
architecture."
~Tribulation Periwinkle (Hospital Sketches)
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