Mistress Masham's Repose
A Childrens, Fantasy, Young Adult book. T.H. White wrote one of my favorite books ever in The Once and Future...
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...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 352 pages
- ISBN: 9780099595175 / 99595176
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T.H. White wrote one of my favorite books ever in The Once and Future King. When I discovered that some of his other writings were back in print, like Mistress Masham's Repose, I knew I had to give it a chance. The story begins by telling us about a ten-year old girl, who is described a girl with musical talent and a loving nature.... On a tiny, man-made island in the middle of a lake live the descendents of kidnapped Lilliputians. On the shore of the lake stands an ancient manor, now falling into ruin. In the manor live a lonely girl and her evil governess...Those are the fun parts. Since this is T.H. White there is also much implicit social and political criticism,... PROTECTING HER PEOPLEChanging gears to entertain young adults, the author ofThe Once and Future King demonstrates his predilection forFantasy by presenting a delayed sequel to Gulliver's Travels.In this delightful tale about a girl and the descendants of theLilliputians readers are easily swept into his world of make-believe. The villains...
