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What does it take to turn a gift for music into a life of your own?
Dorothy loves music, but a gift is only a beginning. In Evelyn Raymond's Dorothy's Triumph, a young violinist's hopes reach beyond school toward the concert stage. School days, loyal friends and small rivalries surround her as she learns what it means to take her talent seriously.
At the heart of this gentle story is a question larger than musical success: how does a girl find her own voice? Dorothy grows through mistakes and the steady work of learning an art. Her ambition gives the story its direction, while friendship makes room for courage and hard truths.
What you’ll discover
- A gift worth developing Follow Dorothy's love of the violin as it gives shape to her hopes.
- Friendship beside ambition Meet a world where loyal companions matter alongside the pursuit of a personal dream.
- The work behind talent Look beyond natural ability to the patience and effort involved in learning an art.
- A voice through music Explore how playing an instrument becomes part of Dorothy's search for her own place.
- An old-fashioned schoolgirl world Step into school days, small rivalries and a spirited heroine's gradual growth.
Who will love it
Readers who love warm tales of girlhood, friendship and music will feel at home here, as will anyone curious about early motoring, camp life and the stage as people knew them over a century ago.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Dorothy comes home to a worried aunt
- A gentle master tests her playing
- A motorcar, a party, and Camp Breck
- A cry in the night brings Len
- Fish and a moonlit ride
- Lessons, discipline and a first concert
- Christmas at Bellvieu and a firm bargain
- New York, a yacht, and a night at anchor
- Ambition, loyalty and a light touch
Who’s who
- Dorothy CalvertA warm, determined girl of Maryland who longs to become a great violinist and to repay her great-aunt's kindness.
- Aunt Betty CalvertDorothy's elderly great-aunt, mistress of Bellvieu, who loves her niece deeply and hides her money troubles.
- Herr DeichenbergA kindly German music master with a thick accent who is strict in lessons, nervous before concerts, and sure of Dorothy's gift.
- Jim BarlowDorothy's practical friend, eager to master electricity and make his own way, with a quick temper and a loyal heart.
- Molly BreckenridgeDorothy's mischievous best friend, daughter of Judge Breckenridge, who loves outings and speaks her mind.
- Gerald BlankA cheerful young motorist, once rude, who now drives the family car and leads the mountain trip.
- Len HaleyA frightened orphan boy who runs from a cruel uncle and wants only a place where he can work and learn.
- Mr. LudlowA New York theatrical manager who hears Dorothy play and wants to bring her to the concert stage.
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Dorothy's Triumph
by Evelyn Raymond · 1911
A Maryland girl with a violin faces a mountain camp, a runaway boy and a New York stage.
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A girl who once did not know her own family now dreams of the concert stage. Dorothy's Triumph, by Evelyn Raymond, who died in 1910, follows Dorothy Calvert, a Maryland girl living at her great-aunt's old estate, from a train ride home to the doors of a New York concert hall.
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Dorothy comes home to a worried aunt
Dorothy Calvert rides a train toward Baltimore, coming home from school in Canada. With her are Jim Barlow, a friend from her childhood, and Ephraim, the old servant of her great-aunt, Mrs. Betty Calvert. Dorothy was once left as a baby with an aunt who did not want her, and now she calls her good fortune too strange to be true.
Jim has a plan. He wants to learn electricity from the ground up and begin as an apprentice in Baltimore. Dorothy believes in him, since the word fail is not in his vocabulary. She promises him a big room for a laboratory.
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What is Dorothy's Triumph about?
It follows Dorothy Calvert, a young Maryland girl who studies the violin with a German master. A camping trip, a rescued boy and a New York engagement test her talent and her loyalty to her great-aunt.
Who is Herr Deichenberg in Dorothy's Triumph?
He is Dorothy's music teacher, a gray-haired German who came to America after the Civil War. He is exacting in lessons, kindly in manner, and he arranges her first concerts and her introduction to a manager.
Is Dorothy's Triumph part of a series?
Yes. It is one volume in the Dorothy Calvert series by Evelyn Raymond. Earlier adventures are mentioned briefly, so new readers can follow the story easily, and the last page points ahead to a further volume.
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