Yet Dortchen is determined to find a way.Įvocative and richly detailed, Kate Forsyth's The Wild Girl masterfully captures one young woman's enduring faith in love and the power of storytelling. Within the pages lies an in-depth look into the life and turbulent times of the Brothers Grimm and the unfolding of a forbidden love story, that of Wilhelm Grimm. But Dortchen's father will not give his consent for them to marry, and war, death, and poverty also conspire to keep the lovers apart. The Wild Girl For those in love with well-researched historical fiction and sweet romance, reading doesn't get much better than Kate Forsyth's novel, The Wild Girl.
Forced to live under oppressive French rule, Wilhelm and his brothers quietly rebel by preserving old, half-forgotten tales that had once been told by firesides of houses grand and small all over the land.Īs Dortchen tells Wilhelm some of the most powerful and compelling stories in what will one day become his and Jacob's famous fairy-tale collection, their love blossoms. Her books for adults include The Wild Girl, the love story of Wilhelm Grimm and Dortchen Wild, the young woman who told him many of the worlds most famous.
Napoleon Bonaparte wants to conquer all Europe, and Hesse-Cassel is one of the first kingdoms to fall. It is a sweeping historical romance that will appeal to both adults and young adults, as it reminds us the power of storytelling and loving, even in the hardest of times. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to the boy next door, the handsome but very poor fairy-tale scholar Wilhelm Grimm. Kate Forsyths The Wild Girl is a remarkable tale that beautifully blends fact and fiction. Urn:lcp:wildgirl0000fors_s0q9:epub:e3eccb87-f840-4ac1-bbf5-35110d8948e4 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier wildgirl0000fors_s0q9 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t52g9md96 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780749015572Ġ749015578 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-alpha-20201231-10-g1236 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000313 Page_number_confidence 96.90 Pages 550 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210710114643 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 623 Scandate 20210707020753 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780749015572 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 4.One of six sisters, Dortchen Wild lives in the small German kingdom of Hesse-Cassel in the early nineteenth century. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:02:01 Boxid IA40170304 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Evocative and richly-detailed, Kate Forsyths The Wild Girl masterfully captures one young womans enduring faith in love and the power of storytelling.
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