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The Borrowers

Mary Norton author

Format:CD-Audio

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:5th Oct '17

Should be back in stock very soon

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Penguin presents for the first time the complete, unabridged audiobook of Mary Norton's The Borrowers.

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...

Beautifully written, poetic and almost always alarming, the Borrowers have something very mysterious, sad and exciting about them * Sunday Times *

ISBN: 9780241326053

Dimensions: 142mm x 125mm x 24mm

Weight: 199g

Unabridged edition