Books

Books are practically consumed by Addie beginning as a teenager, and throughout her life. Addie loves to read, and begins to spend time at the library, where she ends up joining various clubs and literary groups, and makes the friends she will have for life.

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

“The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longellow, about the beginning of the American Revolution and the efforts of Paul Revere and his compatriots to warn the surrounding countryside of the approach of British troops. The poem is recited by Addie before the Saturday Club lecture of a professor who has studied Longfellow.

Romeo and Juliet

“Romeo and Juliet” is a play of tragedy and romance written by William Shakespeare and studied by Addie in one of her classes taken while training to be a modern, professional typist. Addie comes...