Saturday, September 1, 2012
Camilla, by Madeline L'Engle
As a kid, I read A Wrinkle in Time about eighty thousand times. I also read two of the four sequels, A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet, many times. I was given the three books by my Aunt Mary when I was maybe ten. I only just learned that in fact there was a quintet of books about the Murry family, not a trilogy. Maybe I'll read the other two--but maybe it's too late. (The other two are Many Waters and An Acceptable Time.)
As it was, I was iffy about reading Camilla, which I picked up at a library book sale for a dollar. The cover is lovely.
But it was a good read--published in 1951, it's the story of Camilla Dickinson, a Park Avenue, private school girl, whose best friend lives in Greenwich Village. Said best friend, Luisa Rowan, happens to have an older brother, Frank, and this book is really the story of Camilla and Frank.
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You should definitely read the remainder of the Murray novels...and also the Austen family novels...and basically all of L'Engle's YA novels. I'm an adult, and I still read them periodically.
"Many Waters" and "An Acceptable Time" are not as good as "A Wrinkle In Time" and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet"....maybe about as good as "A Wind in the Door," but they are still enjoyable.
"A Ring of Endless Light" from the Austen sequence is lovely.
I also remember loving "And Both Were Young" and "The Small Rain/Prelude."
You should definitely read the rest of the Murray novels...and also all of the Austen family sequence as well. I am an adult, and I re-read these books periodically.
"Many Waters" and "An Acceptable Time" do not achieve the greatness of "A Wrinkle in Time" or "A Swiftly Tilting Planet." Maybe they are on par with "A Wind in the Door." But they are still worthwhile and interesting.
"A Ring of Endless Light" from the Austen sequence is particularly lovely.
I also remember liking "And Both Were Young" and "A Small Rain/Prelude."
Interestingly, I stumbled on your blog after googling Voigt's "Come a Stranger," trying to see if it had an audiobook version, and read your post from June 2011. I wanted to see what you were writing about now and was pleased to see you writing about L'Engle, another old favorite of mine. I might keep coming back to this blog. :)
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