Entertaining Literature Discussion
This is a discussion of good, bad, and disputable literature promoting the first, denouncing the latter, & discussing the last.
Her Majesty the King
Scythrop Glowry on Jan 2 07:21:52
Her Majesty the King: A Romance of the Harem is a helarious (though not at all realistic) book written in 1899 by James Jeffery Roche, who came to live in the US from Prince Edward Island* It reminds me of books by the 20th century children's fantesy writer Lloyd Alexander (known for his worst series, The Chronicles of Prydain), except that the focus is completely on the humor with a but a little on the plot (which is, none the less, well planned out). It is available in pdf form from Google Books, where it is 181 pages including old illustrations.
Roche in 1889
Works:
- Songs and Satires (1887)
- Boston & Cambridge (USA)
- Life of John Boyle O'Reilly (1891)
- Ballads of Blue Water (1895) Boston
- The Vase and Other Bric-a-brac (1900)
- Her Majesty the King, A Romance of the Harem (1899)
Scythrop Glowry on Jan 2, 2023 9:14 AM
*This is how I found Her Majesty the King. I was attempting to discover the difference between Prince Edward Island Canadians and Americans since L.M. Montgomery repeatedly mentioned this difference. Unfortunately, there are only two P.E.Island writers before Lucy Maud, one of which was Acadian and only wrote one novel, the other of which is James Jeffery Roche who spent most of his life and practically all of his writing career in America. He was, however, a good find for a good Victorian book. I do not claim that he will satisfy any hungry Lucy Maud lovers, but it is fun to think of him being from P.E.I. and I think I read that he writes a little about his childhood home in another book (which I have not read).
Suelinda Milsted on Jan 7, 2023 1:32 PM
Interesting... trying to understand their perspectives of others. And that so few were available. Especially because this goes with the idea that actually writing a book and getting it published was a big deal at that time in history.
Stephen J. Douglass on Jan 22, 2023 10:18 PM
Hey this is cool. I've gotta catch up on all the new posts.
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