When Marnie Was There. Joan G. Robinson
Читать онлайн.| Название | When Marnie Was There |
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| Автор произведения | Joan G. Robinson |
| Жанр | Учебная литература |
| Серия | Essential modern classics |
| Издательство | Учебная литература |
| Год выпуска | 0 |
| isbn | 9780007586868 |
First published in Great Britain by Collins in 1967
This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2014
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Text copyright © Joan G. Robinson 1967
Postscript copyright © Deborah Sheppard 2002
Illustrations by Peggy Fortnum
Cover illustration by Hamish Blakely
Cover design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2014
Joan G. Robinson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
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Source ISBN: 9780007104772
Ebook Edition © MARCH 2014 ISBN: 9780007586868
Version: 2019-10-25
CONTENTS
10. Pickled Samphire
11. Three Questions Each
12. Mrs Pegg Breaks Her Teapot
13. The Beggar Girl
14. After the Party
15. “Look Out for Me Again!”
16. Mushrooms and Secrets
17. The Luckiest Girl in the World
18. After Edward Came
19. The Windmill
20. Friends No More
21. Marnie in the Window
22. The Other Side of the House
23. The Chase
24. Caught!
25. The Lindsays
26. Scilla’s Secret
27. How Scilla Knew
28. The Book
29. Talking About Boats
30. A Letter from Mrs Preston
31. Mrs Preston Goes Out to Tea
32. A Confession
33. Miss Penelope Gill
34. Gillie Tells a Story
35. Whose Fault Was It?
36. The End of the Story
37. Goodbye to Wuntermenny
Postscript by Deborah Sheppard
MRS PRESTON, WITH her usual worried look, straightened Anna’s hat.
“Be a good girl,” she said. “Have a nice time and – and – well, come back nice and brown and happy.” She put an arm round her and kissed her goodbye, trying to make her feel warm and safe and wanted.
But Anna could feel she was trying and wished she would not. It made a barrier between them so that it was impossible for her to say goodbye naturally, with the spontaneous hug and kiss that other children managed so easily, and that Mrs Preston would so much have liked. Instead she could only stand there stiffly by the open door of the carriage, with her case in her hand, hoping she looked ordinary and wishing the train would go.
Mrs Preston, seeing Anna’s ‘ordinary’ look – which in her own mind she thought of as her ‘wooden face’ – sighed and turned her attention to more practical things.
“You’ve got your big case on the rack and your comic’s in your mac pocket.” She fumbled in her handbag. “Here you are, dear. Some chocolate for the journey and a packet of paper hankies to wipe your mouth after.”
A whistle blew and a porter began slamming the carriage doors. Mrs Preston poked Anna gently in the back. “Better get in, dear. You’re just off.” And then, as Anna scrambled up