false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167965997m/29124.jpg 29124 8 "She saw: 1st, a square opening, about 8" 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. There was a baby in it." So 10-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. 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 in exile. Safely hidden for centuries, the Lilliputians are at 1st 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 & see only a bundle of money. 1494484 1946 Mistress Masham's Repose total:139|5:45|4:47|3:39|2:7|1:1| 139 545 204 29 3 1 false false Sat Feb 09 10:46:50 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 10:52:40 -0800 2008
It reads like an elderly professor telling a story to a favoured niece/nephew, and for all I know it was. It doesn't read like something intended for p...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 09:26:44 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 10:02:06 -0700 2009 twice more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 20:18:26 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 20:23:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon May 11 20:04:13 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 22:08:03 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:04:13 -0700 2009
Though the Lilliputian element obviously draws attention, and the discussions of their 'OEconomy' are interesting, I was most charmed by the descriptions of Malplaquet--one of those 'state...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Fri May 08 18:48:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 18:51:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 28 22:35:33 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 22:36:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 30 21:06:38 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 16:29:26 -0700 2008 The Once and Future King about a lonely little girl on an English country estate who discovers a lost colony of Lilliputians living on an ornamental island in the lake. There are some gentle, Merlinesque lessons here about the responsibilities of power and the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 1951 Thu Oct 15 13:55:19 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:00:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 28 14:55:44 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 14:56:32 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 07:40:08 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 07:43:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 13:09:16 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 13:09:50 -0700 2009 4 0 true false Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 15:29:28 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 11:56:23 -0700 2008 I think it is perhaps a little too grown up for many young readers but Maria, the protagonist, and all th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 26 14:13:05 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 14:18:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Mon Sep 24 22:06:56 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 22:06:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 19:01:12 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 13 06:57:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 21 12:28:09 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 13:18:46 -0700 2008 Countless more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1969 Wed Jan 16 14:27:43 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 04:44:32 -0800 2008
If you haven't discovered this story of a girl, mistreated by her governess and her escape into the grounds of the Palace of Malplaquet to play with some hidden... well, any more would...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1972 Fri Feb 01 07:24:53 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 07:24:53 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Fri Jun 29 18:36:48 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 18:48:06 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Fri Nov 23 18:35:30 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 24 14:32:44 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=29124