WHAT KATY DID NEXT

By Susan Coolidge

The 'What Katy Did' trilogy was first published in the late 1800s, but was there ever such a modern girl as wild, irrepressible Katy? One of the first realistic portraits of a child in literature, the character was groundbreaking and the book is as enjoyable today as when it was first published.

 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: iBoo Press House
• Release date: Jan 12, 2018
• ISBN: 9781641811231

Susan Coolidge

Susan Coolidge was born Sarah Chauncey Woolsey in 1835 in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War, after which she began to write. She lived with her parents in their house in Rhode Island until she died.

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Reviews for WHAT KATY DID NEXT

[figgles_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The final installment of the "Katy" series. A grown up Katy travels to Europe and finds love. Quite dated now but I enjoyed seeing Europe through late 19th Century American eyes.

[cheryl_in_cc_nv · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Travelling was hard work in those days. Poor little Amy; even before she got sick this kind of adventure wasn't fitting for a small child. At least Katy got to see some of Europe, some of the sights from her books & studies. And she learned more about herself - enough to know what kind of a life she'd want as she grew into a young woman. I'm enjoying these gracefully written books because they're so old and help me learn about what is old history to me, but clear memories to the author.

[tronella_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Sadly this was really boring compared to the previous books. Nice to see Rose Red again, but otherwise it was an endless list of things in Europe that are pretty and descriptions of an ill child complaining about being ill. I did like the part where Amy asked Katy to tell her a story, and the story she told was "Once upon a time there were two little girls, and they were horrible smashed to death, the end".