Read more medieval comedy film directed by Lena Dunham, starring Bella Ramsey and Andrew Scott.
Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy is the inspiration for Prime Video's. She has experience outwitting suitors and is ready to take matters into her own hands. Caught between a mother who is determined to turn her into the perfect medieval lady and a father who wants her to marry her off to much older and utterly repulsive suitor. A funny coming-of-age novel about a fourteen-year-old girl's fight for freedom and right to self-determination in medieval England. NOW A MAJOR MOVIE STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME. sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. American author Karen Cushman’s middle grade novel, Catherine, Called Birdy, explores the life of a young woman in 13th-century England.
I imagine that, if I had lived in the Middle Ages, I would have wanted to be just like spunky Catherine.
I picked this book for my ‘favorite books ever’ list because of the main character’s witty voice. Unfortunately, he is also the richest.Ĭan a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her own actually lose the battle against an ill-mannered, piglike lord and an unimaginative, greedy toad of a father?ĭeus! Not if Catherine has anything to say about it!
One, by setting the outhouse on fire when he’s inside… Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call - by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all. Even though she’s only a young teenager, because the day and age is the Middle Ages and this is a glimpse of real life back then.īy wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. “Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life.”Ĭatherine’s father is determined to marry her off to a rich man - any rich man, no matter how awful.
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