· "Mistress Masham's Repose" is didactic, too, but its teaching is not painful, and performs the miraculous feat of sending the reader, whether child or adult, on an eager search for more information. And yet, the work is not slow or tiresome, and White never talks down to anyone, even when his comedy verges on that of the music www.doorway.ru by: 5. Mistress Masham's Repose (Hardcover) Published March 7th by New York Review Children's Collection. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): T.H. White, Fritz Eichenberg (Illustrator) ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language:Cited by: 5. By T. H. White () Mistress Masham’s Repose is the story of Maria, a year-old orphan who lives on her huge, dilapidated ancestral estate in England with her abusive governess, Miss Brown. The local vicar, Mr Hater, is Maria’s cruel guardian.
Buy Mistress Masham's Repose by T. H. White online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 9 editions - starting at $ Shop now. There was a baby in it."So ten-year-old Maria, orphaned mistress of Malplaquet, discovers the secret of her deteriorating estate: on a deserted island at its far corner, in the temple long ago nicknamed Mistress Masham's Repose, live an entire community of people—"The People," as they call themselves—all only inches tall. T.H. White is best known for his retelling of the King Arthur legend in The Once and Future King, a compilation of three novels including The Sword in the Stone.. Mistress Masham's Repose concerns the orphaned heiress to a crumbling estate, being raised by a horrible governess with the collusion of her equally horrible sidekick the vicar. One day exploring a neglected and overgrown lake on.
By T. H. White () Mistress Masham’s Repose is the story of Maria, a year-old orphan who lives on her huge, dilapidated ancestral estate in England with her abusive governess, Miss Brown. The local vicar, Mr Hater, is Maria’s cruel guardian. Mistress Masham's Repose by T. H. White and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru I was familiar with T H White's The Once and Future King but until a friend put me onto Mistress Masham's Repose through a chance remark recently, I had never heard of it. It would take an unusual child to plough through it, which is a shame, as it's an enchanting story, of a little girl Maria, living in a vast decaying mansion with her cruel governess, who is in cahoots with the vicar to do her out of her rightful inheritance - at all costs.
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