Title request: Evil doll named Dido?
Mark C. Fowler
Everyone said they like title requests, so....
I am trying to remember the title of a book that I read in 4th or 5th
grade ('73-'74). I was set in Britain, I believe(most books I really
enjoyed were British). It involved a young girl and her cousin? in a
wheel chair. There was a wooden doll with the name Dido (or Dodi?)
carved into its back. They lived on the cliffs near the sea. The girl
believed that the doll was making things happen and tried to destroy it.
Thanks in advance!
Nancy Baker Fowler
fow...@together.net
SusanDL1
I don't recall which one of her books it was, but I'm almost sure the evil
doll named Dido ws in one of Ruth M. Arthur's books. I loved her British
settings and the slightly spooky/magical plots of her books when I was in
6th or 7th grade. The only one of her titles I can remember is Requiem
for a Princess, but I don't think it was that one.
Good luck!
Susan Dove Lempke
Susa...@aol.com (Susan Dove Lempke)
Pat Noone
I'm pretty sure the one you mean is _The Saracen Lamp_ by Ruth M. Arthur.
I also loved her books. --Pat
Sharon L. Casteel
I remember such a book -- it was in four parts, with each section being
told by a different girl or young woman. (Melissa, Dilys, ????)
I want to say it was called "A Candle in the Window" or "A Candle in her
Room" or something like that, but I don't recall for certain, and I don't
remember the author.
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Karen Cook
"Sharon L. Casteel" <cast...@mail.utexas.edu> writes:
>I remember such a book -- it was in four parts, with each section being
>told by a different girl or young woman. (Melissa, Dilys, ????)
>I want to say it was called "A Candle in the Window" or "A Candle in her
>Room" or something like that, but I don't recall for certain, and I don't
>remember the author.
Sharon is correct about the title; it is indeed "A Candle in her Room", by
Ruth M. Arthur. I can say this with 100% certainty, as I've re-read it
many times and this has been very few title requests on r.a.b.c. that
I've been able to answer without going home and double-checking my
copy of the book!
It's set in Wales, starting before WWI and continuing over three
generations. The first section is narrated by the teenage Melissa;
the evil doll Dido belongs to Melissa's sister Judith. The second
part is set several years later, pre-WWII, and is told by Judith's
daughter Dilys (sp?). The third and fourth sections are set somewhere
close to when the book was written (60s? 70s?) and are narrated by
Melissa again (now an elderly woman) and by Nina, Dilys's daughter.
Karen
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Karen Cook (ka...@dwarf.asis.unimelb.edu.au)
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Jesse Martin
In article <319781...@together.net>, "Mark C. Fowler"
<fow...@together.net> wrote:
The book is called A Candle in Her Room by Ruth MacAuthor (sp). It seems
to have become hard to locate. I see it listed all the time on book search
lists.
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is this what i'm supposed to do?
STACY LEAH SCOTT
Mark C. Fowler (fow...@together.net) wrote:
: I am trying to remember the title of a book that I read in 4th or 5th
: enjoyed were British). It involved a young girl and her cousin? in a
: wheel chair. There was a wooden doll with the name Dido (or Dodi?)
: carved into its back. They lived on the cliffs near the sea. The girl
: believed that the doll was making things happen and tried to destroy it.
I think you've confused two books here, both by Ruth M. Arthur. The
one with the evil doll, Dido, was =A Candle in Her Room.= The one
with the girl in the wheelchair was =The Saracen Lamp.= By the same
author, I'm also aware of two other books: =Requiem for a Princess=
and =Portrait of Marguerita.=
Stacy Scott
sls...@sfsu.edu
JNCalif
I just tried to post this, so if everyone gets this twice, I apologize.
The books is definitely (I have a copy of it in front of me) A Candle in
Her Room by Ruth M. Arthur. The book deals with three generations of the
the same family--Melissa and her sisters Judith and Briony; Judith's
daughter Dilys; and Dilys' daughter Nina--and their involvement with the
evil doll Dido. GREAT book!
Hope this helps!
Julie
JNC...@aol.com
JNCalif
The book you're seeking is A Candle in Her Room by Ruth M. Arthur. It went
through three generations of the same family--Melissa (and her sisters
Judith and Briony) , Judith's daughter Dilys and Dilys' daughter Nina, and
their involvement with an evil doll named Dido. It's such a WONDERFUL
book! Unfortunately, I'm reasonably sure it's out of print...
jm55...@xavier.xu.edu
> I don't recall which one of her books it was, but I'm almost sure the evil
> doll named Dido ws in one of Ruth M. Arthur's books. I loved her British
> settings and the slightly spooky/magical plots of her books when I was in
> 6th or 7th grade. The only one of her titles I can remember is Requiem
> for a Princess, but I don't think it was that one.
> Susan Dove Lempke
* You are thinking of A CANDLE IN HER ROOM. Other Ruth M. Arthur titles
include THE SARACEN LAMP, PORTRAIT OF MARGUERITA, AN OLD MAGIC, AFTER
CANDLEMAS, AUTUMN PEOPLE, ON THE WASTELAND, and LITTLE DARK THORN. Those are
the only ones I remember, but I think she's written more than that. I love
her books, and A CANDLE IN HER ROOM is by all means my favorite, with THE
SARACEN LAMP as a close runner-up. Her illustrations are lovely and moody.
Katherine Rossner
jm55...@xavier.xu.edu wrote:
: * You are thinking of A CANDLE IN HER ROOM. Other Ruth M. Arthur titles
: include THE SARACEN LAMP, PORTRAIT OF MARGUERITA, AN OLD MAGIC, AFTER
: CANDLEMAS, AUTUMN PEOPLE, ON THE WASTELAND, and LITTLE DARK THORN. Those are
: the only ones I remember, but I think she's written more than that.
Only other one I can find is THE WHISTLING BOY. (I have it, as well as
AN OLD MAGIC, THE AUTUMN PEOPLE, and THE LITTLE DARK THORN. Hmmm...I
thought I had A CANDLE IN HER ROOM--my favorite too!--and REQUIEM FOR A
PRINCESS, but can't find either one on the shelf.)
Oh, OK: I checked the jacket copy: besides the above, it lists DRAGON
SUMMER and MY DAUGHTER NICOLA.
Katherine
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StanceM
Arthur's books include:
On the Wasteland
A Candle in Her Room (subject of the thread)
The Saracen Lamp
Requiem for a Princess
After Candlemas
The Little Dark Thorn
Portrait of Margarita
Autumn People (my favorite, and has anyone else noticed a similarity to
Time to Go Back by Mabel Esther Allan?)
There are definitely a couple more but I can't think of them. Several are
illustrated by Margery Gill whose work I like very much. She also
illustrated some of the Antonia Forest books.
Constance
Cynthia L. Moore
>Arthur's books include:
>
>On the Wasteland
>A Candle in Her Room (subject of the thread)
>The Saracen Lamp
>Requiem for a Princess
>After Candlemas
>The Little Dark Thorn
>Portrait of Margarita
>Autumn People (my favorite, and has anyone else noticed a similarity to
>Time to Go Back by Mabel Esther Allan?)
Some others written by Ruth Arthur are:
Dragon Summer
My Daughter Nicola
The Whistling Boy
And now I have to go find _Autumn People_ as well as _Time to Go Back_!
Cheers!
--Cindy
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