The Old Peabody Pew - A Christmas Romance of a Country Church

Synopsis

The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance of a Country Church is a short novel written by the American author of children stories Kate Douglas Wiggin, who is remembered for her magnum opus Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Being an agitator of Child labor, most of her novel themed around the welfare of children, notable among them are The Diary of a Goose Girl, The Village Watch-Tower, Mother Carey's Chickens, and A Child's Journey with Dickens.

The Old Peabody Pew is set in the Saco river bank village Edgewood and explores the women’s equal rights. The women of Edgewood forms a society named Dorcas Society for the purpose of renovating the Church premises. The Christmas seasons are in the cards, they speedup their work of renovation and on their way towards finishing touches of laying new carpets, mending the cushions, and washing the pews. This short novel narrates the women community of olden days and there is also a romance element in the church buildings.

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