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A Company of Swans (Paperback)

by Eva Ibbotson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 392 pages
  • Publisher: Young Picador; Reprint edition (4 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0230014844
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230014848
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,386 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good. Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiance have begun to track her down...

About the Author
Eva Ibbotson lives in Newcastle upon Tyne and has four grown-up children. She has written ten other books for children, which have been translated into many languages. She has won several major awards for her work, and two major movies based on her books are currently in development.

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars enchantingly funny romance for intelligent readers, 16 Jul 2002
By A. Craig "Amanda Craig" (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Company of Swans (Paperback)
I read Company of Swans years ago before discovering Ibbotson's wonderful novels for children, and was amazed by how much I remembered. She really is several cuts above the usual kind of romance writer, being steeped in culture (music especially) and a sense of character that bring her closer to the ideal world of Jane Austen than the deplorable vogue for chick lit.
Set in the Edwardian era, the novel follows the adventures of Harriet, daughter of a grim and joyless Cambridge professor (academics are always awful in Ibbotson's world)who runs away to join the ballet. The Company are bound for Manaus, the city up the Amazon that Maia also travels to in Journey to the River Sea. It's prima ballerina is a fading Russian star who sees that this plain, intelligent lonely girl has talent; but Harriet has promised an equally lonely small boy that she will find his uncle Rom, who is a rubber-planter in Manaus. Fabulously rich and devastatingly handsome, Rom has mistresses galore but none intrigue him as much as the plain girl dancing in the corps. Meanwhile, Harriet's vile father and aunt have sent the man they want her to marry in hot pursuit of her before she is ruined...

The plot is less conventional than it sounds, and full of delightful descriptions of character and place. An excellent entertaining read.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Epic Tale Told In a Rich and Beautiful Environment, 5 Dec 2008
By A. Khan (New Malden, Surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I didn't realise how much i had enjoyed this book and become involved in it until after i had finished the book and began to realise that the wonderful world that it had created was no more.

I started to miss the characters, the story, the setting.

In the story we follow the adventure of Harriet Morton as she leaves home, of her own accord from her father and step mother, to persue her dreams in the world of ballet in the Amazon.

The innocence and wholeheartedness of Harriet wins over many. During her travels she meets Rom - who relocated from England out to the Amazon after the love of his life left him for his brother due to their father changing his will and leaving the estate to him.

The many threads of the story develop and progress, the author painting wonderful images of all the diverse settings. As the story reaches its climax the reader finds the many strands of the story starting to mesh together to form a complete piece. Seemingly separate pieces from separate jigsaws come together in a way that is hard to predict.

The overall themes of the novel are ones of adventure, rebellion, and youth; yet morality, love, respect and truth are kept elevated throughout the story making the book both uplifting and a morally good and positive tale.

A wonderful journey and a novel that makes for a rewarding read.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read, not her best., 12 Oct 2008
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Really good beginning, vivid, likable characters, Ibbotson returns to her beloved South American setting where she excels in describing the flora and fauna. You are immediately sucked into the story and captivated.

It feels like the author can't be bothered towards the end though and it's all a little contrived, hence only 3 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A delicious, rewarding, utterly enjoyable book
I have read many other Eva Ibbotson books and this one is just as brilliant.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A good read with well-written characters
This is the story of a girl whose only escape from her strict family life is ballet - it literally becomes her escape as she travels to South America to dance. Read more
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A very well written romantic, witty, and touching novel with very nice characters, who live on in the mind long after the story has ended. Read more
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