Summary
Maria is the orphan mistress of a crumbling manor four times as long as Buckingham Palace. Her grounds are so vast and overgrown that Maria is already ten years old before she discovers that a community of Lilliputians live on her land - the proud but tiny people whom Gulliver met on his famous travels.
To keep their secret safe, Maria must outsmart her vile Governess and the greedy Vicar as they plot to steal her inheritance. Fortunately, Maria has a few tricks up her sleeve, and an …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099595175 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099595176 |
| Author: | T.H. White |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Children's Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 129mm x 188mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-11 |
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Critics Review
My favourite children’s book ever – Anne Fine * Daily Mail *
Touching, very funny and utterly believable. It is full of amazing characters – Jill Murphy * Daily Telegraph *
Has always been a favourite of mine… This book is one for the hall of fame – Sir Terry Pratchett
Wonderful * Independent *
Endlessly charming – Victoria Lane * Daily Telegraph *
I can think of few greater pleasures in reading aloud to a bookish child than to read that child first Gulliver’s Travels and then Mistress Masham’s Repose… It is a stunning book for a child to know * Washington Post *
A book I read again and again is Mistress Masham’s Repose… you’re in awe of the imagination behind it. When I read it as a child I thought it had really happened. – Jill Murphy * Sunday Telegraph *
Open Mistress Masham’s Repose, by T H White, and you stop into a magical place… The book is an idyll. – Anne Fine * Guardian *
T.H. White
T. H. White was born in India, was educated in England and lived in Ireland and later in the Channel Islands. He wrote several well-loved classic novels including The Once and Future King and Mistress Masham’s Repose.
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