A group of girls in a private school during the Civil War help an injured soldier. Each character tells a part of the story from her own perspective. The book is well written and a good plot. The stylized prose of the period, with it's unfamiliar stiffness and formality made it slow for me to get through. After just a few pages, I was the one who was "beguiled"...it put me to sleep every time. It took more than 125 pages to finally get moving, past all the discussion. I liked it, but couldn't recommend it. D.

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