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The Diary of a Goose Girl Kindle Edition

by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (Author), Claude A. Shepperson (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
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  1. Print length
    65 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    May 12, 2012
  5. File size
    180 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0082UL0MW
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 12, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 180 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 65 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1406827924
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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4.1 out of 5 stars
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Katy
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute Story About Learning to Live on a Farm
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2017
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This was really a cute story about a young woman from a privileged city family who decides to make her own way in the world. She ends up living on a poultry farm and learns to love it. Anyone who has actually raised chickens, ducks, or geese on a small farm in modern times will be able to relate to her experiences, even though the story is set in the 1800s.
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booklover
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and amusing story
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2010
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I really enjoyed this pastoral tale of a girl seeking refuge from suitors and family settling into life on a farm. Though she is a paying guest, she soon integrates into the household and begins shepherding the geese. The book is mostly a series of mini-stories about her adventures, each chapter is almost self-contained.

I think it describes the countryside very nicely and I found most of the narrator's observations to be funny. I don't think that she mocks the animals, she at one point questions how she can eat a duckling or hen that she's raised from a baby. It's definitely not written about 2010 and many of the events are fairly unlikely now, but the simple life that she describes sounds nice.
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3.0 out of 5 stars slow but sweet
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2022
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It’s a slow read, but the imagery is sweet and I found myself coming back to this little book frequently. It’s old fashioned and stiff at times, but the descriptions of birds and nature made up for it
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JerseyTomato
2.0 out of 5 stars Promising at first, but couldn't finish it
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2010
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Although the author often wrote for children, this one is for adults.

The fictional diarist has run off to a little country town, to get away from people and refresh herself. It starts out charmingly, but once she settles down to stay at a farmhouse, her comments about the country people and even the animals started to annoy me. I'm sure it was supposed to be humorous, and apparently it was in 1902. I've managed to find one review online that called it "sprightly." Another one says this author cannot write a dull page, and sees the book as full of satire on then-current social issues. For example, she satirizes the concept of the New Woman by calling an animal that refused to raise young as a New Hen or whatever (the exact animal escapes me). However, reading it in 2010, and probably not getting all of what she was satirizing in 1902, a lot of it just sounded like an upper-class woman making condescending remarks about country people. And roosters. I happen to like roosters. Anyway, I was hoping to find a pleasant, bucolic story, but this wasn't it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2016
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This book is written in diary form and is not at all fast pace. It is a book you can set down when ever you want to. There are some funny occurrences but over all its a bit dull. There is a little romance but it is not nearly as well written as Rose of the River. Over all an okay read 😐
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John G
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok....
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2013
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Kinda boring......:(( More details preferred by myself. But I would like love stories so I gave it three stars and that's what I think!:))
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Ellen L Bunker
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2015
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Delightfully and charmingly funny (especially if you happen to have taken care of chickens some time in your life!)
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Digital Panache
4.0 out of 5 stars Story of simple times
Reviewed in India on June 27, 2019
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Kate Douglas has written a story that asks for moderation beyond what one gets in life. Sometimes simplicity is what humans crave for and achievement of the same is enough to live peacefully. This is shown profusely in this simple book where the protagonist wants the same. A good one time read.
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Digital Panache
4.0 out of 5 stars Story of simple times
Reviewed in India on June 27, 2019
Kate Douglas has written a story that asks for moderation beyond what one gets in life. Sometimes simplicity is what humans crave for and achievement of the same is enough to live peacefully. This is shown profusely in this simple book where the protagonist wants the same. A good one time read.
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Magda
4.0 out of 5 stars Comedy value
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2014
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This is worth reading for the story alone, but even more so for the chapter devoted to the antics of the family poultry, which I promise you is hilarious.
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