Frances Hodgson Burnett

Louisiana Frances Hodgson Burnett

Louisiana (Louise) Rogers, a pretty mountain girl, is sent by her father to Oakvale Springs to recover her health. The resort has a healthful climate, but most people who come there are well-to-do Southerners looking to socialize with people like themselves. Louisiana is out of place, as is Olivia Ferrol, a New Yorker. The misfits become friends. Olivia makes Louise her project, changing her hairstyle and manner of walking, and dressing her in finer clothes. Complications ensue when Olivia's brother is taken with Louise. When Louise and the Ferrols take refuge at Louise's house during a storm, the differences between Louise and her suitor are exposed.