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Can one talkative girl bring laughter into a house ruled by duty, order, and very little warmth?
Rebecca Randall leaves her crowded, poor Maine farm for a home and an education with two aunts in Riverboro. She wants to make good for her family. But Aunt Miranda Sawyer values order, and Rebecca arrives with stories, questions, and an imagination that does not fit neatly into household rules.
Aunt Jane quietly eases Rebecca's way, while school and friendship open a wider world beyond the brick house. Back at Sunnybrook Farm, her mother, Aurelia, struggles with debt and seven children. Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin brings these worries into a warm village story where kindness and stubborn hope meet daily demands.
What you’ll discover
- A spirited young heroine Follow a girl who finds wonders in the weather and sees faces in the furniture.
- Life behind the brick walls Enter a household where sewing, chores, and table manners test Rebecca's lively spirit.
- Friends along the way Meet kind stagecoach driver Jeremiah Cobb and loyal schoolmate Emma Jane Perkins.
- A village close at hand Step into New England life through church socials, school recitations, stagecoaches, and thrifty kitchens.
- Hope without easy answers Discover cheerfulness that faces poverty, pride, and duty rather than pretending trouble does not exist.
Who will love it
For readers who love warm, character-led stories about childhood, small communities and old-fashioned schooling, and anyone who enjoys a gentle tale with a spirited girl at its center.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A girl leaves the farm behind
- Aunt Miranda's brick house is cold
- Rebecca learns the rules of the house
- School and friends open the world
- Mr. Aladdin and the soap
- An imagination that cannot be tamed
- Poverty, pride and duty in Riverboro
- Kindness, optimism and the power of cheer
- How the story is told
Who’s who
- Rebecca RandallA talkative, imaginative girl from Sunnybrook Farm who goes to live with her aunts and wants to make good for her family.
- Aunt Miranda SawyerThe strict elder aunt of the brick house, who values duty and order and finds Rebecca hard to manage.
- Aunt Jane SawyerThe shy, gentle younger aunt, who loves peace and quietly tries to ease life for Rebecca.
- Jeremiah CobbThe kind stagecoach driver who befriends Rebecca on her first ride and remains a loyal friend in Riverboro.
- Aurelia RandallRebecca's widowed mother, who struggles to keep the mortgaged farm going and to raise her seven children.
- Emma Jane PerkinsRebecca's loyal schoolmate and closest friend, a gentle girl who admires her quick mind.
- Adam LaddA kind young man of means who buys soap from Rebecca, whom she calls Mr. Aladdin, and who becomes her lasting friend.
- Miss MaxwellA teacher at Wareham who sees Rebecca's gifts and helps her grow.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin · 1903
Rebecca brings talk, laughter and stubborn hope to her aunts' strict household, determined to make good for her family.
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Rebecca Rowena Randall, about ten, leaves her poor, crowded Maine farm for the brick house of two aunts in Riverboro. It holds debt, duty and pride, yet it meets them with laughter.
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A girl leaves the farm behind
A stagecoach rolls toward Riverboro on a hot Maine afternoon. Its kind driver, Jeremiah Cobb, has one passenger, a small girl with a great deal to say. She is Rebecca Randall of Sunnybrook Farm, where her widowed mother, Aurelia, struggles to feed seven children and pay the mortgage.
Rebecca is going to live with her mother's sisters, Miranda and Jane Sawyer, who offered to educate one of the children. The family hoped for steady Hannah. Rebecca goes instead, holding a pink parasol with a scarred handle.
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What is Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm about?
It follows Rebecca Randall, a lively girl from a poor Maine farm, who goes to live with her two strict aunts in Riverboro. She grows up through school, friendships and family duties, changing the lives of those around her.
Who is Mr. Aladdin in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?
Mr. Aladdin is Rebecca's name for Adam Ladd, a kind young man of means whom she meets while trying to win a premium by selling soap. The name plays on his surname and the story of the magic lamp.
Is Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm a true story?
Kate Douglas Wiggin drew on her knowledge of New England country life and her work with children. It was published in 1903 and is set in the Maine countryside of that era.
The author
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
1856–1923 · American children's writer
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1856–1923) was an American writer and teacher. She was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Maine. She later lived in San Francisco, where she worked in kindergarten education. Her books include Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903) and Penelope’s Irish Experiences (1901). She died in England.
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