Tillie a Mennonite maid a story of the Pennsylvania Dutch Helen Reimensnyder Martin Books
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Tillie a Mennonite maid a story of the Pennsylvania Dutch Helen Reimensnyder Martin Books
Helen Reimensnyder Martin was born in 1868 in Lancaster, Pennsyvania (died 1939). I found little said about her mother in my quick research, but her father was an immigrant German clergyman.But whatever their station, Helen's parents must have been progressive because she studied at Swarthmore and Radcliffe; and in the end she became a progressive writer, arguing for children's and women's rights.
The novel was the means she chose to make her points. And the 'picturesque' Amish and Mennonite settlements in her home state became the source of both setting and character. From them she drew her heroines, and her more memorable villains.
Tillie is one example. She is a young girl from a large family. But unlike her siblings and the other children of her community she adores school, and indeed 'there is something special about her'. She longs to better herself, and even dreams of becoming a school teacher, but standing between her and her dreams is a stern, tyrannical father. This male figure is described as stingy, bullying, and the sort of person who feels that his children are his slaves until by law they can escape. When the naturally superior Tillie begins to rebel --by sneaking books-- she is beaten.
NOVELGUIDE writes that "Martin was criticized for her description of the Pennsylvania Dutch, but she claimed that she got many letters from them which testified to the truth of her portrayals." There's no footnotes for either declaration in the article, but suffice it to say that Readers should realize that "Tille" is a preachy bit of fiction, that however well written, has a point to make.
Now let's consider what the modern Reader ought to expect from this book 'as a read'. Since Helen was a grad of some fine schools, you are safe in assuming that the grammar and language are well done. The plotting also is well thought out -- although personally I thought the book was a little long. For those who are reading the book to get an idea of the lifestyle of the era, I think you'll find some tidbits that satisfy. Helen writes about farm life, describing the labor and chores. She includes some of the patois and accents of the area, as well as some of the prejudice.
But disregarding the 'preachy' lessons, Tillie is a romance at heart. And those who read today's old-style, sexless, romances will find a predecessor here.
THE SKINNY:::
"Tillie" is a 'message piece'. Though well conceived and written, it's very preachy and I would think that most modern readers wouldn't be motivated to get all the way through.
Personally, I don't know why I continued reading it. I guess the language and novelty was compelling enough.
Not for everyone, but if you're curious, "Tillie" is available for free at GoogleBooks, for Kindle, and at Archive.org. I think it's worth reading the first 1/4 of the book, just for the education and exposure of it.
I read this on Kindle. There are no drawings in this (ASIN: B000JQUKUA) version. There are also some typos: William Perm for William Penn. Not too many, but some.
Pam T~
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Tillie a Mennonite maid a story of the Pennsylvania Dutch Helen Reimensnyder Martin Books Reviews
The story itself was excellent. I love how Tillie overcame her family's upbringing and the abuse she had to grow up with. I understand the purposeful misspellings so the reader would read how things would sound in their colloquialisms. However, there were several formatting errors, grammatical errors in the narrative (not while a character was speaking) and misspellings in the narrative portions too. The chapters weren't dived well with a new page either. All of my issues with the book are technical in nature, it has nothing to do with the plot. Though, the title was a bit misleading, the entire story was not about the Pennsylvania Dutch per se. While Tillie did become a Mennonite for a while, it wasn't long term, her immediate family were not Mennonites, only an aunt.
It's a wonderful book, keep your box of tissues beside you, of a young girl who lost her Mother. She's horribly mistreated by her Father, who remarried and has a passel of kids. Her step Mother has so many kids Tillie is expected to do the work and is beaten on a regular basis by her Father, Jacob(Jake) Getz. She secretly earns her teaching certification but is expected to hand over all of her earnings each month to Jake Getz. Tillie has a very hard life in the beginning. Once you start reading it, you don't want to put it down!
I chose this rating because, knowing plain people myself, I feel it gives a false representation of the majority of them. It does, however, prove the Scripture about fathers not provoking their children to anger. There is a lesson to be learned in the book, but in my opinion the author portrays all plain leaders in a false light and while there may be some motivated by greed and power, not all are that way inclined. They are human beings in need of a Savior, over their religion and tradition and I believe the author failed to put that into perspective throughout the book. The book made me sad at the end, not that Tillie got all she ever hoped for, but that the author makes it seem she threw off all godliness, when she really was, spiritually, no better off than her father or anyone else in the book. I was left to discern the author had nothing but disdain and bitterness herself for plain ways and godliness. I was left with the opinion that she was actually a scoffed of all things godly. Anyone who enjoys reading books about the plain people overcoming worldliness, conquering sin and overcoming their enemies with good and living victoriously for Christ through it all, will be sorely disappointed with this book.
Despite my struggle to understand the vernacular--I never did feel I could get 100% of anything any local person said--I liked this as much as Jane Eyre and Silas Marner, which I read when I was probably about 10 years old and have always liked. I believe such reading--Jane Eyre in particular--also prepared me to understand the intended meaning of "intercourse" and "ejaculate"--not what is generally understood by such verbiage today! (I understood them to mean "conversation" and "exclaim," respectively.) I was disappointed at how unfinished the work was left with respect to her religious convictions and generally her relationship with the only people she'd ever known--save 2--in her small world up to the end of the book. My disappointment is the sharpest with respect to her conflicts with her father. It was probably analogous to the disappointment I felt at how unresolved matters were left between Silas Marner and Lantern Yard, where he'd grown up. Nevertheless, I REALLY enjoyed this book. Once a friend told me, referring to my mentally cruel father, "the best revenge is happiness!" I truly felt that Tillie's chances at happiness in life were far better than average. The LOL moments far outweighed the ones that made me cry. A VERY good read!
Helen Reimensnyder Martin was born in 1868 in Lancaster, Pennsyvania (died 1939). I found little said about her mother in my quick research, but her father was an immigrant German clergyman.
But whatever their station, Helen's parents must have been progressive because she studied at Swarthmore and Radcliffe; and in the end she became a progressive writer, arguing for children's and women's rights.
The novel was the means she chose to make her points. And the 'picturesque' Amish and Mennonite settlements in her home state became the source of both setting and character. From them she drew her heroines, and her more memorable villains.
Tillie is one example. She is a young girl from a large family. But unlike her siblings and the other children of her community she adores school, and indeed 'there is something special about her'. She longs to better herself, and even dreams of becoming a school teacher, but standing between her and her dreams is a stern, tyrannical father. This male figure is described as stingy, bullying, and the sort of person who feels that his children are his slaves until by law they can escape. When the naturally superior Tillie begins to rebel --by sneaking books-- she is beaten.
NOVELGUIDE writes that "Martin was criticized for her description of the Pennsylvania Dutch, but she claimed that she got many letters from them which testified to the truth of her portrayals." There's no footnotes for either declaration in the article, but suffice it to say that Readers should realize that "Tille" is a preachy bit of fiction, that however well written, has a point to make.
Now let's consider what the modern Reader ought to expect from this book 'as a read'. Since Helen was a grad of some fine schools, you are safe in assuming that the grammar and language are well done. The plotting also is well thought out -- although personally I thought the book was a little long. For those who are reading the book to get an idea of the lifestyle of the era, I think you'll find some tidbits that satisfy. Helen writes about farm life, describing the labor and chores. She includes some of the patois and accents of the area, as well as some of the prejudice.
But disregarding the 'preachy' lessons, Tillie is a romance at heart. And those who read today's old-style, sexless, romances will find a predecessor here.
THE SKINNY
"Tillie" is a 'message piece'. Though well conceived and written, it's very preachy and I would think that most modern readers wouldn't be motivated to get all the way through.
Personally, I don't know why I continued reading it. I guess the language and novelty was compelling enough.
Not for everyone, but if you're curious, "Tillie" is available for free at GoogleBooks, for , and at Archive.org. I think it's worth reading the first 1/4 of the book, just for the education and exposure of it.
I read this on . There are no drawings in this (ASIN B000JQUKUA) version. There are also some typos William Perm for William Penn. Not too many, but some.
Pam T~
Page in History
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