Rita

A 1900 girls' novel by Laura E. Richards, continuing the Margaret series. It follows Rita Montfort, a spirited American-Cuban girl in Havana on the eve of the Spanish-American War, who defies her Spanish stepmother's plans to send her to a convent.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›American novels to 1900›Children's and family stories

Reader

Young readers›Family, school, and everyday stories›American novels to 1900›Children's and family stories