Queen Hildegarde, Laura E. Richards
Queen Hildegarde, Laura E. Richards
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Queen Hildegarde
A Story For Girls

Author: Laura E. Richards

Narrator: Lyssa Browne

Unabridged: 5 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/13/2025

Synopsis

Spoiled New York City girl, Hildegarde Graham, is sent to stay with her mother's old nurse in the country. When her parents must take a trip to California, Hildegarde learns the value of simplicity, kindness, and a more democratic sensibility. Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (Feb. 27, 1850 - Jan. 14, 1943) was born in Boston, Mass., to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's novels, biographies, and poetry. Queen Hildegarde, published in 1889, was one of her most famous works.

About Laura E. Richards

Laura E. Richards (1850–1943), a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, was born in Boston to eminent parents: Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, founder of the Perkins School for the Blind, and Julia Ward Howe, social reformer and lyricist of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” In 1871, she married Henry Richards (1848–1949), architect and industrialist, and moved with him to Gardiner, Maine. Following the example of her parents, she brought about many social reforms and civic improvements in her hometown. She also wrote more than ninety works, mostly in the fields of children’s literature (to please her children) and biography. Captain January (1890), a bestseller, was twice made into a movie, the second time starring Shirley Temple. Her two-volume biography of her mother, Julia Ward Howe (1915), was the first biography to be honored by a Pulitzer Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abigail on February 19, 2020

Fifteen-year-old Hildegarde Graham, the much-indulged only daughter of a wealthy New York family, was truly fortunate in almost every respect: beautiful, stylish and popular - her adoring friends considered her the "queen" of their social set - she was also very much loved by her parents. It was onl......more

Goodreads review by Jill on August 30, 2016

This book was suggested to me by Goodreads friends, and I really appreciate the thought. It's a decent example of the country/city genre I was looking for. Also, I've liked some of Richards' other books. Honestly, it's not really a *great* example. I suppose my main problem was that the spoiled weal......more

Goodreads review by Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) on December 05, 2020

Thanks to Gutenberg for this Belle Epoque classic. I thought I had read it years back, but I must have picked up a later book in the series. This one contains just about all the stories for girls tropes of the time! --a crippled girl who has spent most of her life in a wheel chair and is a natural b......more

Goodreads review by Kaelyn on April 20, 2024

I liked this book. It was fun and there was cute little plot twist. It was a cute adventure and I loved how she got used to the country. It isn’t rlly my style but it was a cute read.......more

Goodreads review by Mellanie on March 25, 2017

This is a sweet, old-fashioned story about a spoiled rich girl whose parents send her to the country to get her away from her equally spoiled friends. I'm going to be looking for the other books in this series.......more

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