Description
By: Myrtle Reed
Old Rose and Silver is a charming novel that follows the tumultuous love story of two young individuals from different social backgrounds. The characters are well-developed and the story is beautifully written, capturing the reader’s attention from the very beginning. The author does a wonderful job of exploring themes of love, class differences, and societal expectations. Overall, this book is a delightful read that is sure to resonate with readers who enjoy romantic fiction.
Book Description:
The novel follows the lives of Rose and her widowed Aunt, Madame Francesca Bernard, along with young visitor and cousin Isabel, whose lives are changed by the return of an old friend and neighbour Colonel Kent, and his grown son, Allison. Other characters that help shape their lives in significant ways are the Crosby twins, unconventional and uninhibited youths that set society at naught, and an unconventional doctor who specializes in the impossible. Through the limited “wide-scope” descriptions the reader is not sure of the historical setting or even in which decade it’s set, but it helps to understand the focus of the story; after all it’s about their own little world, and how their own hearts and lives fit together in the tight confines of their town, their garden, their friendships and lives.
