Miss Billy

Author: Eleanor H. Porter

Format: Paperback, 136 pages

Publisher: Echo Library (October 4, 2006)

First Published: 1911

Indonesian Publisher: Orange Books (April 2011)

Rating: 2 out of 5

Synopsis:

Mr. Neilson was determined to name his first child after his boyhood chum, William Henshaw. When the baby disappointed him by being a girl, he was consoled by naming her Billy. Miss Billy, now 18, orphaned and all alone in the world, takes her lawyer's suggestion to ask her namesake to take her in. Only one problem - Mr. Henshaw did not know of her existence, and then mistakenly thinks that Billy is a boy!

Eleanor H. Potter was an early 20th century author of children's literature and novels. Her most well-known book was "Pollyanna" and its sequel, "Pollyanna Grows Up". (Summary by Maria Therese http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/Miss-Billy-Eleanor-Porter)

Indonesian Version (Orange Books, April 2011) 

Review:

There are too many male characters in the novel, but somehow, there is none of them I want to marry with. William is too old (since he is Billy's father's old friend), Bertram is too talkative, Cyril is too introvert, and Calderwell?? Well, he's just fine (from author's description: good-looking, wealth, and one of Billy's guardian angel kind of man). However, I could not find myself have an interest with him. Billy herself is too young to have a romantic relationship with one of these men. As my personal opinion, a novel cannot be classified as a romance if there is no proper male character in it.