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The Secret of the Old Clock
by Carolyn Keene
I chose to read The Secret of the Old Clock because both my daughters read some Nancy Drew mysteries and I hadn't. I am a bit embarrassed that I hadn't.
I found the characters reasonably well formed. The storyline was reasonably complex. For my taste, the stories of the people who were potentially cheated from an inheritance were a bit overly sappy, but as the book is targeted to middle school and junior high school, this is to be expected.
Nancy Drew is an amazing character, particularly for the period. At that time, girls were raised to be mothers. The idea that Nancy is smart, self-actuated, self-confident. She is unfailing described as an investigator and is never rebuked for not studying cooking and sewing. I think that opened a lot of young girls' eyes.
This book was originally published in 1930 which was at the beginning of the great depression. That led me to compare the wealth of the main characters in the movies of the time. I have read that entertainment let increasingly poor audience fantasize about the embarrassingly rich.
Another depression observation was that the awful characters were losing money in the stock market, another typical condition.
I don't think I will read another Nancy Drew, but I think they could be a wonderful book for young girls.
I found the characters reasonably well formed. The storyline was reasonably complex. For my taste, the stories of the people who were potentially cheated from an inheritance were a bit overly sappy, but as the book is targeted to middle school and junior high school, this is to be expected.
Nancy Drew is an amazing character, particularly for the period. At that time, girls were raised to be mothers. The idea that Nancy is smart, self-actuated, self-confident. She is unfailing described as an investigator and is never rebuked for not studying cooking and sewing. I think that opened a lot of young girls' eyes.
This book was originally published in 1930 which was at the beginning of the great depression. That led me to compare the wealth of the main characters in the movies of the time. I have read that entertainment let increasingly poor audience fantasize about the embarrassingly rich.
Another depression observation was that the awful characters were losing money in the stock market, another typical condition.
I don't think I will read another Nancy Drew, but I think they could be a wonderful book for young girls.