- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Jane Nissen Books; New edition edition (1 Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903252040
- ISBN-13: 978-1903252048
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #33 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > L > Lively, Penelope
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Gillian Avery has created a really plausible heroine in Harriet Jessop, the uncertain schoolgirl who is exploring her own ideas of moral and social responsibility while the adults around her provide various models. This makes the book sound a little dry - but it isn't. Warm depictions of Harriet's family and fascinating glimpses of the objects of her fascination, the 3 Smith boys, make the 19th century world of Oxford accessible and entertaining. When Harriet's strong-minded Aunt Louisa starts campaigning for the British government to block the sale of Jumbo the elephant to Barnum's circus, she also starts an inconvenient feud. Harriet is left to resolve the situation, which seems to spiralling entirely out of her control...
It's a well-written book depicting a world that has disappeared, but issues which still remain pertinent.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Temper, temper little girl
2 Dec 2007
Format:Paperback
Although it gives a nice view of historical Oxford ( as a University town in the late 1800's) life, the preteen girl seems to be encouraged to act out anger. This kind of behavior isn't well received in any age.
On the opposite the woman's right movement activity of young and
older women in public affairs in the case of Jumbo the elephant
is important in English history. Women in Spain or Italy
of the same period would probably have not been allowed
such protests.
On the opposite the woman's right movement activity of young and
older women in public affairs in the case of Jumbo the elephant
is important in English history. Women in Spain or Italy
of the same period would probably have not been allowed
such protests.
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