- Fantasy, Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction, Attics
Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory. Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock's huge adventures have been thrilling children young and old for fifty years, and their appeal is as strong as ever.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Mary Norton
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 298
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Puffin
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780613669450
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“Mr. Pomfret, the village constable at Little Fordham, was a thin young man with very soft, brown eyes (Miss Menzies often said he looked "wistful").”
Mary Norton, née Pearson, was a British children's author. Her books include *The Borrowers* series.
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