Marigold is a children's book by Edith Allonby. Its opening pages praise her fantastical parable Jewel Sowers for imagination and moral purpose, suggesting a similar storytelling spirit. It offers a gentle, reflective vintage tale for young readers.
For teachers and schools: paste the code into your site or blog.
Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
MARIGOLD
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
JEWEL SOWERS
A Story
Weekly Survey.
“An original and intensely interesting novel. We should welcome anything further from the pen of this anonymous writer who has produced a book that any one might be proud to sign.”
Sunday Times.
“It is permeated with the spirit of adventure, so that one is interested in the characters and their doings. Those who like the marvellous and have no objection to considering the impossible, will find a certain fascination about the story, which they will read to the end.”
Glasgow Herald.
“The author of this anonymous book need not have
hesitated to own it, for it is thoroughly readable, and its artistic merits are very considerable. It is at once a somewhat ambitious allegory and a satire with a fair measure of point and vigour.”
Morning Post.
“We cannot help noting that the writer has no little power both of description and character drawing, or that the whole book has been most carefully elaborated.”
Onlooker.
“The author hides her—is it her?—identity under
anonymity but has no reason to fear criticism. Though called a ‘novel’ it is a clever parable and deals with the evil
Readnara
