The Young Visiters - Rilegato

Ashford, Daisy

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ISBN 10: 0701127252 ISBN 13: 9780701127251

Casa editrice: Chatto & Windus, 1988

Riassunto

The Young Visiters or Mr Salteena's Plan is a comic masterpiece that has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1919. A classic story of life and love in later Victorian England as seen from the nursery window, it was written in 1890 by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford.

It all starts when Alfred Salteena, who is 'not quite the right side of the blanket', takes young Ethel Montacue to stay with his friend Bernard Clarke... Daisy Ashford has an exquisite eye for matchmaking and manners in English society, and her tale, with its hilarious observation and idiosyncratic spelling, is as irresistible today as it ever was.

This edition of The Young Visiters is illustrated with drawings by Posy Simmonds which are as enchanting and witty as the story. The text has been transcribed from the original manuscript and includes J.M. Barrie's famous preface to the first edition. The BBC1 adaptation of the novel, starring Jim Broadbent as Mr Salteena, was originally broadcast in 2003.

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Recensione:

"Funny and touching... one of my favourite comfort reads" (Ruth Ware)

"[The Young Visiters is] a serious society novel, and takes itself hugely seriously. It ends up being an unwitting parody not only of literature, but of adults as a class of people" (Caroline O'Donoghue Guardian)

"One of the most humorous books in literature" (New York Times)

Descrizione del libro:

A romantic and comic gem from a precocious Victorian nine-year-old that has charmed readers for almost a century

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Chatto & Windus
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0701127252
• ISBN 13: 9780701127251
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 80
• Disegnatore: Simmonds Posy