Betsy and the Great World

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Summary: Even though the Crowd is not with her, Betsy hasn't changed
Review: In "Betsy and the Great World" Betsy sets sail to Europe. At first she is terribly homesick, but she soon makes some friends (did you ever see Betsy without friends?!) and settles down to writing stories. Some readers miss the Crowd in this book. I did, too, but Betsy certainly hasn't changed just bacuase she isn't in her usual setting of Deep Valley. She's still Betsy, down to the last hair on her head that is NOT curly!

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Summary: A book that can brighten my day (at any time!)
Review: There is something about the Betsy-Tacy series that always fills my heart with warmth. Betsy and the Great World is no exception. At twenty-one, Betsy is on the verge of a great adventure. She embarks on a tour of Europe - when Europe was a new horizon for a young writer to see. Betsy soon discovers that she is growing up (she is courted by a dashing Italian during her trip abroad), but she can not forget her beloved Joe. Read this book and the rest of the series. They will take you back to a time when things were simpler.

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Summary: One of my very favorites.
Review: These and L.M. Montgomery's novels are my favorite books. Betsy and the Great World tells of Betsy's adventures in Europe. This book is a little different from the the others, which only shows that Mrs. Lovelace could be original even after eight previous books about Betsy.

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Summary: Read it for the last chapter
Review: This is not your typical Betsy-Tacy book. Tacy and the crowd, let alone the Ray family, make no physical appearance, and Betsy suffers a bit as a character without the familiar suppporting cast. Still, the book provides a somewhat interesting travelogue of a young American in Europe just before World War I breaks out. The final chapter finds Betsy in London as the war begins and is worth reading the rest of the book.

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Summary: This goes for all the "Betsy" books
Review: When Maud Hart Lovelace first wrote the "Betsy-Tacy" seires, did she know how much so many people, from children to adults, would love them? The series has at least one book that anyone of any age can relate to. 10-year-olds will love "Over the big Hill," high-schoolers will love the books about when Betsy was attending Deep Valley High, etc. And it doesn't end there! Even if you're not the age that Betsy was in one of the books, you can still love all of them! Maud has a way of capturing real feelings and expiriences--even bad ones--and turning them into works of art. The "Betsy-Tacy" series really is a work of art, even if it was painted with a pen, not a paint brush.