A delightful children's classic tells the story of young Rebecca
Rowena Randall, the mischief she gets into, and the difference she makes
to the lives of those around her Set in Riverboro, Maine, this
quintessentially American story is a remarkable depiction of rural life
in the United States at the turn of the 20th century. We first meet
Rebecca when she is on her way to live with her spinster aunts, Miranda
and Jane, due to her family's financial straits. She has left behind her
beloved home she grew up in, Sunnybrook Farm, her widowed mother, and
six siblings. A cheerful and imaginative little girl, Rebecca soon forms
a close bond with her Aunt Jane. Her natural wit and charm also endear
Rebecca to the people of the village, who are struck by her positivity.
However there remains a shadow over Rebecca's happiness: Aunt Miranda is
baffled by her niece's vivid imagination, and childish wonder at all she
sees. But when her mother falls ill and Rebecca is forced to look after
her old farmstead home as well as her ailing mother, it may just be that
Miranda has grown fond of her niece after all.