The Dawn of a ToMorrow Frances Hodgson Burnett 9781141195596 Books
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Through well-drawn characters, Burnett tells a compelling story that is rich in spiritual truths as it considers the difference between thinking we believe and believing.Product details
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The Dawn of a ToMorrow Frances Hodgson Burnett 9781141195596 Books Reviews
Wonderful, touching book. It has all the little twists and turns characteristic of Burnett but this one is special the characters are real and believable, the description of hope that comes with belief from one who has witnessed the change and the writing is superb. Five stars. My favorite of all Burnett's books.
Reminds me of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. So very inspiring and insightful. I am actually grateful for having read it and will read it again and again.
This is a marvelous book, beginning with a stunning description of a London fog, of which the following is just the start
"the fog outside which makes half-past eight o'clock on a December morning as dark as twelve o'clock on a December night. Under such conditions the soft, thick, yellow gloom has its picturesque and even humorous aspect. One feels enclosed by it at once fantastically and cosily, and is inclined to revel in imaginings of the picture outside, its Rembrandt lights and orange yellows, the halos about the street-lamps, the illumination of shop-windows, the flare of torches stuck up over coster barrows and coffee-stands, the shadows on the faces of the men and women selling and buying beside them. "
Dart's thoughts drag on a bit in the second half of the first chapter so skip that if you must, rather than abandon the book, but make sure you get to
"a small head, covered with a shock of brilliant red hair, thrust itself out, a shrewd, small face turning to look up at him slyly with deep-set black eyes."
What follows is an amazingly vivid picture of London life for the poorest of the poor in the midst of a thick fog lit by the flares of torches and gas lights, with the coffee stands and costermongers and street people and the black holes of Appleblossom Court.
If you don't care for religious messages, you can stop after the first third of chapter 3, at ""Is it a kind of religion?" Dart asked."
I acknowledge the ending is weak in that it does not really dramatize or take full advantage of the three outcasts, Glad, Polly, and the thief. But you must not miss chapter two and the first third of chapter 3, and the descriptions of the fog in chapter 1. Burnett is really better at this than Dickens, in that she pyschologizes the fog as well as making it a metaphor it embodies Dart's emotions and alters with his shifts between despair and loneliness and confusion and derealization and spiritual aridity and darkness, and a host of other nuances that do not interest Dickens. The rents in the fog as it occasionally thins or opens short-lived confusing glimpses of some barely seen object or constricted vista, or is briefly pierced by sudden fierce illuminations from the glare of gaslights and torches are also psychologized--they embody fragmentary openings in Dart's mental fog at the same time as they serve as metaphors for his glimpses of light and the possibilities of life.
Glad is a marvelous character and showcases Burnett's amazing gifts for vivid dialogue, cockney speech, and portraying rapid swervings from avidity to generosity, hard-nosed realism to lyrical flights and imaginative quest. Polly and the thief are poignant, but not fully realized characters. Dart's moods and quest are moving and well realized, but his character is left a blank, and he remains stiff and dull throughout, even after his epiphany. This is faithful to the emptiness which is his problem, but makes him colorless and uninteresting except when he is suffering, and saps the drama of the ending, which falls somewhat flat.
But Glad never fails us. The reader feels completely satisifed and often exhilerated as we get one terrific line after another, full of energy and fire and practical cunning.
Those looking for a religious message will not be disappointed by the last two thirds of chapter 3. There is a glowing tribute to God's love and presence and a rebuke to the punitive and harsh view of God's role in our lives, all delivered in vivid cockney speech. In addition, there is specific advice for prayer and mindfulness and spiritual practice "Speak, Lord, thy servant heareth" and "things is coming!"
The nonreligious should just skip all that and read the first half of chapter one, chapter two, and the first third of chapter 3, and they will find a powerful picture of London and the struggle of its hungry poor and their dark and freezing garrets as they struggle to survive.
Had no idea what this was about when I bought it. Certainly not as polished or wide ranging as the Secret Garden or A Little Princess, but if you are a Christian and enjoy uplifting reading with an uplifting moral, this is a nice little story that sets your mind to thinking about good and noble things!
A lovely short story with all the morals, values, and inspiration I've come to expect from Frances Hodgson Burnett. A wonderful "O. Henry" style twist at the end makes it complete!
I bought 2 hardbound 1st editions of this book for $18.00. The best book I've read in years, so I wanted to share it with many friends & family. The 5 copies I got from were thin paperbacks, small print, & without the now famous watercolor illustrations. for $15.00+each,I was so dissapointed, they were like a $ 2.00 pamplet. it was a huge rip off disapointment. service always good, just product was really bad.
I couldn't get into this Frances Hodgson Burnett title. I only read several pages, then dropped it from my library!
This story was not developing in any foreseeable interesting path! I let it go!!! That was certainly an unexpected
reaction from an ardent fan!
Through well-drawn characters, Burnett tells a compelling story that is rich in spiritual truths as it considers the difference between thinking we believe and believing.
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