Light romances: "I've Married Marjorie" and...

elsiereads2 · Post by **elsiereads2** » May 25th, 2015, 6:54 pm

I'd like to suggest a few lighter books. I'd love to hear "I've Married Marjorie" by Margaret Widdemer http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22904. This is a post WW1 story of a young girl who marries a soldier out of patriotic fervor and never expects to actually live with him when he returns from the war. He is a forester, she is a city girl. An engaging cast of characters fills out the story. There are two other books by Widdemer on ProjectGuitenberg.

"Penny Plain" by O. Douglas (Anna Buchan) is the well-written story of a young woman caring for her rambunctious brothers and an orphan in a ramshackle home. Their home is not their own but belongs to a recluse who vows to leave his fortune to the first person who gives him a gift without expecting anything in return. There's a little romance of course-a rich friend and her brother (a lord or duke or something). Anna Buchan was John Buchan's sister. The link is http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12768 There are two other books by O.Douglas on Projectgutenberg.

"The Lady of the Basement Flat" [adopted] http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23124 is by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey and is the romance of a moderately well off woman who finds herself alone after her sister marries. She spends half her year in a small village with a rich girlfriend who is apparently widowed and half in her rented basement flat where she assumes the make-up and costume of an elderly woman and attempts to help the residents of the building. Once again, there's a little romance.

I think the "Pixie O'Shaughnessy" series (3 books) by this author might also be interesting. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21101 [adopted]

If someone picks these books up-THANK YOU! I think reading a whole book must be a daunting task. I tried recording a chapter and found it beyond me! I appreciate those who read and all the others involved.

Post by **TriciaG** » May 26th, 2015, 7:23 pm

I just had to post.

When I first read your thread title, I thought the book was "I've Married Marjorie and Two Others."

They sound charming!

Post by **Availle** » May 26th, 2015, 7:27 pm

Thanks for that, Tricia!
I thought: "Well, who are you and why do we care about your wedding?"

Carolin · Post by **Carolin** » June 2nd, 2015, 12:58 am

i also have one:

the bartlett mystery by louis tracy is 2 parts romance and one part mystery

miss stav · Post by **miss stav** » June 6th, 2015, 9:19 pm

"I've Marryed Marjery" is ok. But I truely liked "A Rose Garden Husband" by Margaret Widdemer + anything to do with disabilitys is a sencetive point. If no one minds, I will start it soon.

Carolin · Post by **Carolin** » June 17th, 2015, 4:16 am

here is another half romance/ half adventure novel: the brass bowl http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8741

so theres a girl and she wants to rob a millionaire, so she breaks into his house and he catches her red handed, but she mistakes him for his doppelgänger, the most famous burglar around, and he leaves her in that impression, and then the real famous burglar walks in and the millionaire ties him up and runs away with the girl and his own family jewels but then the burglar escapes and everything is going in a mess but of course theres a happy end.

elsiereads2 · Post by **elsiereads2** » June 25th, 2015, 11:49 am

miss stav wrote:"I've Marryed Marjery" is ok. But I truely liked "A Rose Garden Husband" by Margaret Widdemer + anything to do with disabilitys is a sencetive point. If no one minds, I will start it soon.

Thank you, miss stav. That's a sweet story, too.

elsiereads2 · Post by **elsiereads2** » June 25th, 2015, 12:18 pm

I'm going to be bold and suggest another lighter novel: one for listening to while weeding the garden or folding laundry..."A Woman Named Smith" by Marie Conway Oemler http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15591. This is the story of a 30-something woman from up north who inherits a gem of a southern house. She leaves her job and together with a young friend they take possession of the house and discover a possible ghost, a surly doctor, a lovely young musician, and a town with definite ideas about people from up north. There are three stereotypical servants of African descent which is unfortunate...the book was written in a different century. In addition there is also a Hindu servant-think "The Little Princess".
BUT there is also a mystery, missing jewels, a semi-mummified corpse, and a happy ending.

Carolin · Post by **Carolin** » June 26th, 2015, 8:57 am

that last one sounds adorable

miss stav · Post by **miss stav** » June 26th, 2015, 9:48 am

20 chapters. Marie Conway Oemler died in 1932. So it's pd almost everywhere.