![]() ![]() ![]() He wrote several well-loved classic novels including The Once and Future King and Mistress Mashams Repose. Safely hidden for centuries, the Lilliputians are at first endangered by Maria's well-meaning but clumsy attempts to make their lives easier, but their situation grows truly ominous when they are discovered by Maria's greedy guardians, who look at The People and see only a bundle of money. White was born in India, was educated in England and lived in Ireland and later in the Channel Islands. With the help of her only friend-the absurdly erudite Professor-Maria soon learns that this settlement is no less than the kingdom of Lilliput (first seen in Gulliver's Travels ) in exile. ![]() 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. ![]() Incredible illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg!īlurb: "She saw: first, a square opening, about eight inches wide, in the lowest step.finally she saw that there was a walnut shell, or half one, outside the nearest door.she went to look at the shell-but looked with the greatest astonishment. See images for the condition of this book. Pages 115 -126 seem to have been torn midpage center, still readable. Condition: Acceptable condition for a used book! Some wear. ![]()
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