The Borrowers

Norton, Mary

£8.33

The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty’s father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin, and bring back a doll’s teacup without breaking it. Girls weren’t supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was an only child her father broke the rule. Then something happened which changed their lives – she made friends with the human boy living in the house.

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Publish Date: 05/10/2017

Description

Penguin presents for the first time the complete, unabridged audio CD of Mary Norton’s The Borrowers, read by Christopher Eccleston.

The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty’s father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin, and bring back a doll’s teacup without breaking it. Girls weren’t supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was an only child her father broke the rule, and then something happened which changed their lives. She made friends with the human boy living in the house…

Additional information

Weight 199 g
Dimensions 142 × 125 × 24 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages
Language

English

Edition

Unabridged edition

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J