Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her aunts, one stern and one kind, in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding. Wiggin wrote a sequel, New Chronicles of Rebecca.[1] Eric Wiggin, a grand-nephew of the author, wrote updated versions of several Rebecca books, including a concluding story. The story was adapted for the theatrical stage and filmed three times, once with Shirley Temple in the title role, as well as a Japanese animated short as part of the Anime Tamago project.
For other uses, see Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (disambiguation).Author
English
1903
United States
Print (Hardback)
Cultural references[edit]
In the 1960s, Lauren Wood was lead singer of a band called Rebecca and the Sunnybrook Farmers.
In Season 6, Ep. 5 of MASH: Major Topper, Hawkeye Pierce exclaims to Major Houlihan, "Just pretend you're in the high school play; you're Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm passing out morphine."
In the 1973 film, Cleopatra Jones, drug dealer, "Doodlebug" Simpkins, references Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by contrasting her wholesome character against his: "If Mommy wants trouble, I'm not exactly known as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms."[6]
In the 1997 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer titled What's My Line? Part Two, antagonist vampire, Spike, refers to Buffy, who lives in Sunnydale, as "Rebecca of Sunnyhell Farm."[7]
