description: Rose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected. She had retired to this room as a good place in which to be miserable; for it was dark and still, full of ancient furniture, sombre curtains, and hung all around with portraits of solemn old gentlemen in wigs, severe-nosed ladies in top-heavy caps, and staring children in little bob-tailed coats or short-waisted frocks. It was an excellent place for woe; and the fitful spring rain that pattered on the window-pane seemed to sob, "Cry away: I'm with you." Rose really did have some cause to be sad; for she had no mother, and had lately lost her father also, which left her no home but this with her great-aunts. She had been with them only a week, and, though the dear old ladies had tried their best to make her happy, they had not succeeded very well, for she was unlike any child they had ever seen, and they felt very much as if they had the care of a low-spirited butterfly.
language: English
title: Eight Cousins
titlecomplete: Eight Cousins
characters: Ariadne Blish, Whang Lo, Uncle Jem Campbell, Steve Campbell, Jamie Campbell (the Baby), Aunt Peace Campbell, Pokey (Eight Cousins), Geordie Campbell, Aunt Jessie Campbell, Will Campbell, Phebe Moore, Debby the cook, Aunt Plenty Campbell, Uncle Steve Campbell, Rose Campbell, Aunt Clara Campbell, Aunt Jane Campbell, Aunt Myra Campbell, Fun See, Archie Campbell, Dr. Alec Campbell, Mac Campbell, Charlie Campbell, Uncle Mac Campbell
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Literature, Classics, Childrens, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 37321
places: Cosey Corner, Maine, Boston, Massachusetts
series: Eight Cousins
publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society