A perfect combination between education and diversion: stories, songs and games have been developed and made by a team of qualified experts in the education of the English.
When Alexandra goes to stay with her cousins at Knighton Hall she is made to feel the poor relation; the daughters of the house are both beautiful and wealthy. She is not to meet the handsome stable lad, Tom O’Brien, until much later. When Alexandra returns home, her father remarries and she is forced to become a maid-of-all-work. Alexandra makes a success of her new life and meets the lovely Bob Atkins. Meanwhile, Tom O'Brien has become impassioned by the beautiful Lady Florazel Compton who introduces him to the sophistications of 1950s London. Sadly, Alexandra’s contentment with Bob is short-lived and Tom comes back into her life.
A perfect combination between education and diversion: stories, songs and games have been developed and made by a team of qualified experts in the education of the English.
Added by: Happy Jack | Karma: 14.28 | Fiction literature | 21 November 2010
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Таня Гроттер и магический контрабас
Книга, которую часто называют пародией на Гарри Поттера, но это обычно говорят те, кто ее не читал.
Черная волшебница Чума-дель-Торт, имя которой страшатся даже произносить вслух, стремясь к власти, уничтожает одного за другим светлых волшебников. Среди ее жертв — замечательный белый маг Леопольд Гроттер. его дочери Тане неведомым образом удается избежать гибели, но на кончике носа у нее на всю жизнь остается загадочная родинка... Чума-дель-Торт Стремительно исчезает, а Таня Гроттер оказываентся подброшенной в семью предпринимателя Дурнева, своего дальнего родственника...
Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass by Dmitrii Emets Translated from Russian by Jane H. Buckingham
A perfect combination between education and diversion: stories, songs and games have been developed and made by a team of qualified experts in the education of the English.
