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The Hidden Gallery (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #2)
Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said, "They must have been raised by wolves."
The Incorrigible children actually were.
Thanks to the efforts of Miss Penelope Lumley, their plucky governess, Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia are much more like children than wolf pups now. They are accustomed to wearing clothes. They hardly ever howl at the moon. And for the mo...more
The Incorrigible children actually were.
Thanks to the efforts of Miss Penelope Lumley, their plucky governess, Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia are much more like children than wolf pups now. They are accustomed to wearing clothes. They hardly ever howl at the moon. And for the mo...more
Hardcover, 313 pages
Published
March 1st 2011
by Balzer + Bray
(first published April 1st 2010)
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"Nowadays, people resort to all kinds of activities in order to calm themselves after a stressful event: performing yoga poses in a sauna, leaping off bridges while tied to a bungee, killing imaginary zombies with imaginary weapons, and so forth. But in Miss Penelope Lumley's day, it was universally understood that there is nothing like a nice cup of tea to settle one's nerves in the aftermath of an adventure- a practice many would find well worth reviving."
My quick thoughts:
Just as great, funny...more
My quick thoughts:
Just as great, funny...more
Sometimes surreal, often hilarious, this book made me laugh out loud in a crowded café, and I gobbled it all up with total delight. I love, love, love this series! The Incorrigibles are wonderful, and the mad zaniness of this whole book is just delicious.
It is such a pleasure to read such a funny series, with so much heart underneath the humor.
My favorite Swanburne-ism from this book: "As Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing intere...more
It is such a pleasure to read such a funny series, with so much heart underneath the humor.
My favorite Swanburne-ism from this book: "As Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing intere...more
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I read book 1 a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. I found it fresh and fun and wanted to know more, so I ordered this book at the library. It came in yesterday and I thought I would start it quickly. (it's quite short with good sized print so I knew it wouldn't take long).
Anyway The Hidden Gallery follows on right where book 1 ends. The house is trashed, the children in disgrace and Lady Ashton in a frightful state as usual. Deciding it's time to get away they decide to go on a trip to London...more
Anyway The Hidden Gallery follows on right where book 1 ends. The house is trashed, the children in disgrace and Lady Ashton in a frightful state as usual. Deciding it's time to get away they decide to go on a trip to London...more
Your Lemony Snicket fans sobbing in the aisles because they've read the series five times? Hand them The Mysterious Howling and this sequel. Penelope Lumley, having gotten the feral children to a presentable state only to have the house come down around their ears on Christmas, has the brilliant idea to go to London while the house is being fixed. She can meet with her teacher, Miss Mortimer while Lady Constance embraces the social whirl. Educational opportunities for the children abound, but ce...more
Penelope Lumley is nanny to three very unusual children. Alexander, Beowulf and Cassiopeia are being raised on a country estate, but they haven’t always lived at Ashton Place. These children are unusual because they were initially raised by wolves! Besides teaching the children grammar, history and geography, Penelope is their guide to the world of proper manners. She has to remind them “Hugs, not licks!”
In The Incorrigibles #2 the whole family takes an extended trip to London. As usual, Lord an...more
In The Incorrigibles #2 the whole family takes an extended trip to London. As usual, Lord an...more
A little more information about the children and their father is revealed or hinted at, but there is still no resolution to the mysteries of The Mysterious Howling. The Ashtons, Penelope, and the children spend some time in London, where they meet an aspiring dramatist, Simon Harley-Dickinson, a fortune-telling gypsy who frightens the children telling them that "the hunt is on," and Judge Quinzy. Penelope has a delicious lunch with Miss Charlotte Mortimer, who tells her that the children are in...more
The Incorrigible children, Alexander, Beowulf and Cassiopeia, are staying in London while Ashton Place is repaired from that disastrous Christmas ball of Lady Constance Ashton. Of course, their governess, Penelope Lumley, will be accompanying them. Penelope is thrilled at the thought of all the wonderfully educational things London will offer the Incorrigibles, and the chance of seeing her dear, former headmistress of Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, Miss Mortimer. But almost immediate...more
This series is certainly going to develop is some interesting ways - ways that I am having a hard time imagining. The Hidden Gallery is actually better than The Mysterious Howling; a great rarity, that, for a sequel to be better than its predecessor. Penelope Lumley continues to be a terrific heroine - sensible, brave, and not one to give into silly whims or brook any nonsense. When she wants something, she accomplishes it; no questions asked. And the children are just as cute as before - perhap...more
I loved the first book of this series that I had to take a break from all the review books to read this newest installment. It did not disappoint except that it just wasn't long enough. I need the third book - now! I guess I will have to be consoled with Maryrose Wood's newest series The Poison Diaries of which I have a galley.
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place is a great series and this book was just as delightful as the first. Penelope gets an invitation to London and requests an opport...more
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place is a great series and this book was just as delightful as the first. Penelope gets an invitation to London and requests an opport...more
This second installment of the Incorrigibles picks up right where the first one left off. The three young wolf children and their nanny, Miss Penelope Lumley, have been toted along to London, to wait out the remodel of the Ashton Manor. Which was destroyed at the bang up Christmas party where Cassiopeia, Beowulf, and Alexander tore up the house in hot pursuit of a suspiciously placed squirrel. Penelope, ever practical, sees London as further opportunity to try instill culture into her charges wi...more
I absolutely love the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, and even more so their sensible governness, Miss Penelope Lumley. I haven't read a series while it was still being published since the Harry Potter series, and now I'm left impatiently waiting for 2012, when the third book will be published (as well as subsequent books, since The Hidden Gallery (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #2) provided little to no answers, but only raised more questions.... boo!).
In book 2 of the Incorri...more
In book 2 of the Incorri...more
In the second installment of the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, The Hidden Gallery, Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia join Miss Penelope Lumley, their stalwart governess, on a trip to London. The Incorrigible Children are as endearing as ever, with their quirky but charming wolf-like qualities. They mistakenly attack the guards outside Buckingham Palace, thinking the guards are bears in their tall furry hats. But they also master the intricacies of the Peloponnesian War in their...more
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book II: The Hidden Gallery is a children’s book written by Maryrose Wood and illustrated by Jon Klassen. This sequel continues a charming story about a 19th century governess and her unusual charges. The series makes use of satire and madcap humor with a delightful blend of Jane Austin and Lemony Snicket. AS with the first installment of the series, The Mysterious Howling, I encourage readers of all ages to enjoy the books, I particularly recommend it...more
I absolutely loved the first book in this series! I thought it was hilarious and original. This book is also funny, but not quite so much as the first. The series is set in England during the 1800s with governess Penelope Lumley as the main character. She was hired in the first book to care for three mysterious wild children, apparently raised by wolves but recently taken in by the extremely wealthy Ashton family. In this book, the entire Ashton family has gone to London for some summer entertai...more
Penelope Lumley continues her adventures as governess to the three wards of Lord Ashton, they having been rescued from a feral existence in Victorian England and he harboring a distinct interest in the phases of the moon. The family is transplanted to London while the home at Ashton Place is being repaired from the ravages exacted upon it by the adventures outlined in volume one.
While London offers Penelope many opportunities to further the education of her charges, it also provides a number of...more
While London offers Penelope many opportunities to further the education of her charges, it also provides a number of...more
Apr 03, 2011
LJ
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
juvenile-books,
series-i-m-following
Penelope Lumley, the governess known affectionately as "Lumawoo" to her charges, finds herself in London in the second installment of this series. Her flighty employer, Lady Constance just can't stand the noise of the workmen hired to restore Ashton Place after the Christmas party debacle that ended the last book. She moves the entire household to a grand house, #12, Muffinshire Lane, after wheedling and threatening her husband into agreeing to the move. Miss Lumley's first challenge after a har...more
I liked this book but it very much needs the sequel--it leaves the reader hanging at the end. The first book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series is more or less complete in itself. There are certainly questions to be answered, but not as obviously as in this one. Nonetheless, Miss Penelope Lumley, aged 15 and governess to three children raised by wolves, continues to stay plucky, to remember the precepts drilled into her at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, and to fi...more
Mar 22, 2013
Becky B
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Lemony Snicket fans, Victorian Lit humor fans
Miss Penelope Lumley, governess to the three Incorrigibles, is off to London with her charges. The repairs on the extensive damages following the memorable Christmas party at Ashton Place are seemingly interminable, and Lady Ashton has pounced on Penelope's idea of taking the children to London for a weekend and improved on it. The entire household is off to London for the duration of the repairs. But no one in the Ashton household is quite prepared for what London has in store for them. Penelop...more
I received this book from LibraryThing's Early reviewers. This was a very cute, fun, educational book to read. The narrator is not a character in the book, and it has a very "I'm being read to" feel about it. It reminded me of Lemony Snicket in a way. This book is not dark like that series, but the narrator has that mysterious type of feel. And there are mysteries that the narrator is leading us to, we just know it...we just don't know when. There are loads of questions this book opens up for th...more
Apr 19, 2012
Katieeoh Lacanlale
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
children,
engrossing,
funny,
friendship,
hilarious,
life,
love,
loyalty,
mysterious,
realization,
suspense,
young-adult
One word to describe this book: WITTY.
Alright, I am I that dumb to know that I’m actually reading a children’s book? I never realized until my little cousin told me why am I reading a book that has big fonts? Hahaha! Well ACTUALLY, the font’s not that big, it’s just normal…oh well, for practically young aged people. Then I saw the detail and it’s said that its for 12 years and up. AND UP, I REPEAT, AND UP!!!!
To be honest, I don’t freakin care because I did enjoy the book, like I said in my previ...more
Alright, I am I that dumb to know that I’m actually reading a children’s book? I never realized until my little cousin told me why am I reading a book that has big fonts? Hahaha! Well ACTUALLY, the font’s not that big, it’s just normal…oh well, for practically young aged people. Then I saw the detail and it’s said that its for 12 years and up. AND UP, I REPEAT, AND UP!!!!
To be honest, I don’t freakin care because I did enjoy the book, like I said in my previ...more
It seems odd to say that a book I read in a couple hours dragged, but The Hidden Gallery did. The story itself, a continuation of The Mysterious Howling, should have been lively enough, but Wood's Lemony Snickett-esque explanations seemed intrusive here, slowing the pace rather than providing comic relief or enhancing the mood of the story. In fact, dragging the story out seems to be the main objective in the series. I would have found it more enjoyable to have the "mysteries" introduced in The...more
This is such a fun series, in this one we find out that there is a curse on the children, we also get a few more hints at a connections between Miss Lumley and the children beyond the fact that she is their governess, also what is going on with Lord Ashton and just what is his actual connection with the children. Miss Lumley also meets a very interesting man named Simon who may end up being the man for her. Old Tom may not be as creepy and scary as we first assumed. Also what is the connection w...more
This is the second book in this wonderful series and the governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, has managed to somewhat tame her young charges and help them deal with the constrictions placed on young children of wealthy and socially prominent parents. It hasn't been easy though. For one thing, their mother has absolutely no idea how to raise a child, in fact, she is often more of a child than her children.
As the children come to the city, more and more things don't seem to add up. There is some conne...more
As the children come to the city, more and more things don't seem to add up. There is some conne...more
Although I like the writing of these books, there is something ultimately unsatisfying in the plot. I don't mind the mysterious referrals to hidden identities, etc. and the gradual revealing of clues to the past. But each book itself doesn't have a main plot or climax. The first one was "we had a Christmas party and things went terribly wrong." This book is basically "we went to London and things went terribly wrong, but we are becoming aware that something strange is going on behind the scenes....more
You know what there is far too little of in fiction these days? Wolves (not your shirtless teenage werewolves -- proper wolves) and children raised by wolves. Also, there is a dearth of plucky governesses. Thank goodness for Maryrose Wood's new The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place. The Hidden Gallery is the second book in the series, and in it, we find plucky Penelope Lumley, governess and graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females (could such a lass be described as anything...more
The Incorrigible children and their governess are at it again, this time in London. When Penelope Lumley gets a letter from her old headmaster asking to meet her for lunch in London, Penelope thinks it will be splendid fun. She decides she and the Incorrigible can make an educational trip of it. When she tells Mrs. Ashton her plan however, Mrs. Ashton decides she too shall go to London. Penelope and the children arrive first, and soon realize that they have lost there way. The guidebook the Pene...more
Aug 30, 2011
Sarah
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
grades 5-7
Shelves:
children-historical,
audio
This story continues the tale of Penelope Lumley and her three charges, the Incorrigibles. The children are still learning how to behave like children--instead of wolves--and the group faces more challenges when they take a trip to London with the Ashtons while the mansion is being repaired.
Strange things keep happening to Miss Lumley and the children: the guidebook they have doesn't seem to be of the normal variety, they encounter a fortune-teller who gives them a cryptic warning, and they noti...more
Strange things keep happening to Miss Lumley and the children: the guidebook they have doesn't seem to be of the normal variety, they encounter a fortune-teller who gives them a cryptic warning, and they noti...more
When Miss Lumley requests to visit London with her three charges, the Incorrigible children of Ashton Place, the answer is a "yes" with additions. Because of the extensive repairs to the house necessitated by the calamity at Christmas in Book 1, Lady Ashton believes it would be a good idea for the household to move to London during the construction. Penelope Lumley sees the trip as a chance to meet with her former teacher, Miss Mortimer, and to further educate the children; Lady Ashton sees it a...more
Let me first say that I LOVED Book 1. I could not get enough of the children howling the ends of random words. Awhoooo! By this book, however, I was ready for the author to delve into some of the mystery that cropped up by the end of the first book. It wasn't exactly a cliffhanger ending in Book 1, but I thought it was going somewhere. However, instead, she maintained the same pace, offering a new plot twist that was very eventually revealed, and crept the story along a little too slowly for my...more
I think I may just have liked this one better than the first! Since the characters have already been introduced, we can get right down to the plot thickening...and boy is there plot thickening! This is very much a "middle" book in a series, in that more happens, yet nothing really gets resolved and the mystery builds (with perhaps hints of supernatural things to come?!). I will definitely be on board for the next Incorrigibles installment.
In this book, the Ashtons, along with the children and Pe...more
In this book, the Ashtons, along with the children and Pe...more
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Maryrose grew up in the wild suburbs of Long Island, moved to New York City at age 17 to study acting at New York University, then dropped out to be in the chorus of a Broadway musical — which flopped.
Lean and action-packed years of acting, directing, and making drunk people laugh at comedy clubs followed. Becoming a writer seemed the only way out of this Dickensian existence.
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Lean and action-packed years of acting, directing, and making drunk people laugh at comedy clubs followed. Becoming a writer seemed the only way out of this Dickensian existence.
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“Nowadays, people resort to all kinds of activities in order to calm themselves after a stressful event: performing yoga poses in a sauna, leaping off bridges while tied to a bungee, killing imaginary zombies with imaginary weapons, and so forth. But in Miss Penelope Lumley's day, it was universally understood that there is nothing like a nice cup of tea to settle one's nerves in the aftermath of an adventure- a practice many would find well worth reviving.”
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“[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.”
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