The Child Manuela: The Novel of Maedchen in Uniform [Facsimile] [Hardcover]

Christa Winsloe (Author)

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Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 270 pages
• Publisher: Ayer Co Pub; Facsimile of 1933 ed edition (June 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0405073771
• ISBN-13: 978-0405073779
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,299,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An early lesbian classic, March 14, 2003

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"blissengine" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Child Manuela: The Novel of Maedchen in Uniform (Hardcover)

Basis of the classic German film "Maedchen in Uniform", "The Child Manuela" chronicles the tragic life of the young girl Manuela. Her early life is almost idyllic, until the loss of her beloved mother. Manuela latches onto the mother of a boy who's courting her, and is devastated when she's sent off to boarding school by her father. Soon Manuela becomes enamored with one of the instructors, Fräulein von Bernburg, and finds her true nature awakening. Playing the male part in a school play gives Manuela strength to declare her love for Fräulein von Bernburg, but this brings about her downfall. The movie "Maedchen in Uniform" centers only on the events at the boarding school, and actually has a different ending. One of the earliest of the lesbian schoolgirl novels, "The Child Manuela" is one of the 100 Best Gay and Lesbian Novels, as selected by the Publishing Triangle.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and touching, January 23, 2005

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Allison Tyler "Allikat" (Annapolis, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Child Manuela: The Novel of Maedchen in Uniform (Hardcover)

This book was simply amazing. It took about 2 months to get to me, but was very much worth the wait. I started, and could not put it down. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading books with incredible, strong female characters. The emotions came through so clearly it was as if I was being told the tale from Lela herself.