Set in the author’s adopted home of California in the 1920s, this is Gene Stratton-Porter’s last novel, a story filled with wisdom, a love of nature, and her own abiding optimism. In it a Master Bee Keeper, his bees, and the natural beauty of California restore a wounded World War I veteran to health.
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Summary
The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter is an older novel first published in 1925. Though the style of writing and the language is different than the modern novel, you will miss a delightfully satisfying read if you don\'t slow down and take the time to feast on the riches of this story. Described are times gone by and depth of character not as readily seen today. I couldn\'t help but fall in love with James \"Jamie\" Lewis Macfarlane and cheer him on towards health and wholeness of spirit and success as the Keeper of the Bees. And I don\'t think there is a more lovable character than Little Scout, the Bee Master\'s young partner. I found myself puzzling right along with Jamie whether the Little Scout was a boy or a girl; I\'d lean first one way, then the other, and wasn\'t altogether shocked when the \"mystery\" was uncovered. There are so many memorable thoughts throughout this novel--thoughts that are meant to be lingered over. One such thought comes early on in the novel: \"He was thinking about almost anything, except himself, and that was one of the best things that had happened to him in two long years.\" The setting of the story is shortly after the end of the Great War on the Pacific coast of California with the Sierra Madre Mountains rising to the east. The lazy reader will be frustrated by this book, but the diligent reader will hang with it, and in the end be the richer for it!
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