| + | Nation. 84: 414. My. 2, ’07. 600w. |
Laughlin, Clara E. Felicity: the making of a comedienne. †$1.50. Scribner.
7–10619.
The story of a stage career. Felicity Fergus, orphaned in babyhood, is brought up by an austere grandmother who fought the child’s irrepressible sense of humor, vivid imagination and general spirit of hero worship. Felicity comes under the spell of an old comedian, who discovers the spark of histrionism in her, but who discourages an ambitious aunt in starting the child upon the long road to stage fame. Nevertheless the start is made, and the reader is given an intimate view of hardships that pave the way to success, of heartaches and struggles that lie just back of the footlights. The great charm of the story lies in the unsullied freshness with which Felicity emerges from her developing process against odds to grace the high places in her profession.
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“It leaves you with the pleasant feeling that the world is full of gentle and brave people; that suffering is accounted for by the sweetening of character under its ministry; and that love will not pass by on the other side if one’s heart is ready to receive it.” Harry James Smith.
| + | Atlan. 100: 133. Jl. ’07. 380w. |
“Studies of theatrical life, that bear the imprint of accurate knowledge are so few and far between that ‘Felicity’ would still be a noteworthy book even without the blending of tender humour and pathos which it in no small degree possesses.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + + | Bookm. 25: 284. Ap. ’07. 390w. |