Details

Title

The Flower-Patch Among the Hills

Author

Klickmann, Flora

Place of Publication

New York

Publisher

Stokes

Date of Publication

1916 Show more1916-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
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Note

Flora Klickmann (given name: Emily Flora Klickmann, 1867-1958) was an English writer and editor. Before she gained fame for the seven books in her 'Flower-Patch' series, she was editor of the 'Girls Own Paper,' a well-known 'story magazine' aimed at young girls. Montgomery received the first three 'Flower-Patch' books as gifts from correspondent G.B. MacMillan in the early 1920s, and they quickly became favourite books to read and re-read. In a letter from March of 1936, Montgomery told Macmillan, “I can’t tell you how I love them [the Flower Patch books] and how much pleasure they have given me. I keep them altogether in a little green-painted bookstand in my room and many a sleepless night of anxiety and worry in the past four years I have been comforted and helped by them.” This first book in the series began as sketches Klickmann wrote for 'The Girls Own Paper,' including a blend of autobiography, fictionalized bits of her own forays into the country, and garden appreciation. As this opening chapter indicates, it is meant to be an escape. "The [fictionalized] cottage [in the story] has been so arranged that not one solitary thing within its walls shall bear any relation to the city left far behind; and nothing is allowed to remind the occupants of the business rush, the social scramble, and the electric-light-type of existence that have become integral parts of modern life in towns." Read more about Montgomery and Macmillan's correspondence and 'gift books' here. Read the full-text of 'Flower-Patch Among the Hills' (and other Klickmann titles) here.

Genre

novel