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Betsy and the Great World/Betsy's Wedding |  | Author: Maud Hart Lovelace
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 206272
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Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 688
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 1.4
ASIN: B003H4RE1O
Publication Date: October 1, 2009
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Betsy and the Great World: Betsy Ray is twenty-one and on the adventure of a lifetime: a solo tour of Europe! There's even a handsome Italian, Marco, who's going overboard for her—if only she could stop thinking about her ex-sweetheart Joe Willard. Betsy's Wedding: When Betsy's boat docks in New York, Joe is waiting there . . . with a ring! But she's going to learn that marriage isn't all candlelight, roses, and kisses. There's also cooking, ironing, cleaning, and budgeting— and will she be able to find time to forge a writing career?
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Thank you for using cover art by the original illustrators! July 22, 2010
Meg-Meg
I absolutely love the Betsy-Tacy books, and I cannot recommend them enough to girls of any age. You can grow up with Betsy: share her adventures as a little girl, follow her through the sometimes bewildering world of high school, and finally join her in her world travels as a young woman.
When I got my first job in a store, I imagined Joe sitting behind the counter, reading the Three Musketeers while Betsy looked for gifts for her family. When I went backpacking in Europe after graduating from college, I took a copy of Betsy and the Great World with me, and I loved getting to compare the modern Venice to the Venice seen through Betsy's eyes.
After the Betsy books my mother gave me when I was little finally fell to pieces from excessive re-reading, I tried to buy more, but was annoyed by the modern cover art (seriously, why would Betsy be in fish net stockings in a book set before WWI?).
I'm so delighted that these editions use cover art by the original illustrators. I particularly love Vera Neville's illustrations--they are so beautiful, and bring the characters to life so perfectly.
Thank you, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, for publishing such beautiful editions of these wonderful books!
Great book, love the nostalgic cover June 15, 2010
Julie (Minneapolis, MN United States)
This is a great book, especially if you were a fan of the Betsy-Tacy series growing up. I've checked these books out of the library many times and I'm so happy it was reissued so I could get my own copy. I live in the Minneapolis area and this series always made me dream of how the city used to be in the days of horses and buggies and milk delivery men. Love the cover!
Cannot Say Enough about the Entire Series June 14, 2010
Christina Dudley (Bellevue, WA)
I have loved the entire BETSY-TACY series since I first discovered them in a library decades ago. Loved everything about them: the stories, the characters, the setting, the illustrations. Joe Willard is one of my major literary crushes--Darcy who?
Just keeps getting better! October 8, 2009
Melody Murray (Gresham, OR USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read and re-read this series so many times over the years, and Betsy and the Great World, which started out being my least favorite (Betsy's away from the Crowd! And in boring old Europe!) has become perhaps my most favorite of all (Betsy's maturing on her own! And in fascinating pre-WWI Europe!). Not to mention it has the BEST ending ever. Then to have Betsy's Wedding in the same volume- it's bliss, I tell you, absolute bliss. Such a wonderful series, you owe it to yourself to read it.
My all-time favorite series! October 5, 2009
ProfessorMom (Arizona)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read Laura Ingalls Wilder and Anne of Green Gables, and loved both, but it was Betsy Ray who really stole my heart! I read each of the "high school and beyond" books over and over when I was in high school, and continued to read them into college and beyond. Betsy's life resonated with me -- from her concern over her social status to her love of writing; her house as a haven for other teenagers to her guilt over times she was not true to herself. I used her a role model -- sometimes of what not to do! (Procrastinate! Neglect what gives you joy, even if it isn't "popular." Keep your feelings hidden -- you'll end up at the most important dance of the year with the wrong boy!)
I learned that decisions have consequences, and that it was worthwhile to think things through a bit. The fact she "lived" so many decades before me didn't matter -- human nature doesn't change that much, and setting limits with boys, seriously considering basic faith beliefs, neglecting schoolwork, and gathering with friends for all kinds of good times (dancing, sledding, talking, plotting, ...) -- are issues that ring true at any time period!
I liked that she was a "typical teenager," with problems and silliness and fun times and worry and heartbreak and joy. I especially liked that Betsy was always, always available. She was a comfort read, she was a steady friend during the sometimes trying times of adolescence, and it was -- and is -- always wonderful to open the pages and walk into the Rays' house again. (Could you pass me a muffin? Oh, and some fudge!)
In this two-volume set, Betsy leaves Deep Valley and finally explores The Great World -- then she returns home, to her first two years of marriage. I can honestly say, as someone who teaches Marriage courses in college, that the description of Betsy's marriage is one of the best I have ever read -- it is true to what happens as two people learn to live together, to make adjustments, to consider another person's feelings (sometimes even before your own). It does not paint marriage as "happily ever after" -- it shows that marriage takes work. I was fortunate to know that from my own parents, but not everyone is, so I recommend "Betsy's Wedding" to anyone considering getting married, no matter how in love they may be.
(And if you like reading about Betsy, make sure you read "Emily of Deep Valley" -- my personal favorite! -- and "Carney's House Party," too!)
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