The Chimneys of Green Knowe
core novel 1958 Green Knowe
Record
| First published | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (2,369 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152026011 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The Chimneys of Green Knowe, published in 1958, is the second book in Lucy M. Boston's Green Knowe series. Tolly returns to the old manor house for the Easter holidays, and while his great-grandmother Mrs. Oldknow mends a patchwork quilt, she tells him stories of earlier residents of Green Knowe, focusing on Susan Oldknow, a blind girl who lived there during the Regency era, and her close friendship with Jacob, a young page brought back from the West Indies by her father, Captain Oldknowe. Alongside these historical stories runs a present-day mystery involving jewels belonging to Susan's mother, Maria Oldknowe, which may have been stolen by the household's untrustworthy butler, Caxton. As Tolly listens to the tale of Susan and Jacob's bond, he becomes drawn into piecing together what really happened to the missing jewels.
Where it sits
- Universe: Green Knowe
- Series: Green Knowe core; position 2 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lucy M. Boston
Notes
- ISBN recorded is the Harcourt Young Classics edition (2002), published in the US as Treasure of Green Knowe; the 1958 first edition predates ISBNs.
- From the series record (Green Knowe): Core Canon = all six novels; complete sequence, no companion material.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Green Knowe: position 2 of 6: previous The Children of Green Knowe (1954) · next The River at Green Knowe (1959)
Sources
← Green Knowe dossier · All universes
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