These Happy Golden Years
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These Happy Golden Years

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

1943•Family•304 pages

Taste attributes: familyhistoricaldramaromancewholesomerealisticsimplelinearcoming of agecomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeGrounded and wholesome: a family novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

The Ingalls family homesteads on their claim in DeSmet, South Dakota. Fifteen-year-old Laura begins to take schoolteaching jobs to raise money for Mary's college. Laura is surprised when Almanzo Wilder begins to seek her company.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FamilyHistoricalDramaRomanceComing of ageComplex relationshipEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

Juvenile fictionPioneer childrenFrontier and pioneer lifeAutobiographyJuvenile nonfictionFamiliesFamilyFamily life

Details

Author
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Published
1943
Pages
304
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