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The Man with the Dancing Eyes Hardcover – 14 Feb. 2003

by Sophie Dahl (Author), Anne Morris (Illustrator)

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'In the golden half light of a midsummer's evening, the sort where any kind of magic can occur, and often does, in the midst of a party held in a wild and rambling garden stood Pierre, teetering on highly unsuitable heels, surrounded by overripe roses.' On that midsummer evening, Pierre, the daughter of a bumbling botanist and a ravishing Italian soprano, sweet and shy and gangly as a baby giraffe, meets a man with dancing eyes...Alas, in the midst of a glorious affair, an indiscretion is committed and Pierre flees to New York. But forgetting her beloved proves far harder than she imagines...Magical, bittersweet, and utterly charming, Sophie Dahl's debut is an old-fashioned romance for a modern day world.

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Print length

80 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date

14 Feb. 2003
Dimensions

20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
ISBN-10

0747563721
ISBN-13

978-0747563723
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"'The Man with Dancing Eyes' is sure to be the book every fashionista will be reading" -- Evening Standard

"Charming" -- The Daily Telegraph, !st February 2003

"a feel good read" -- Eve, February 2003

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The magical debut from Sophie Dahl, international model and granddaughter of Roald Dahl.

With Stunning illustrations by Annie Morris, this si a perfect gift for Valentine's Day.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; First Edition (14 Feb. 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0747563721
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0747563723
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm

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- 45,446 in Contemporary Fiction (Books)
- 134,643 in Romance (Books)

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Sophie Dahl

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Sophie Dahl is the bestselling author of four books for adults, and three for children, and the writer of two BBC2 prime-time shows. Sophie’s first book for children, Madame Badobedah, was published by Walker Books in 2019. Her second, The Worst Sleepover in the World was published in November 2021. Madame Badobedah was nominated for a Greenaway Medal, selected as one of both The Guardian’s and The Sunday Time’s Children’s Books of the Year in 2019, and in the US, it was one of Amazon's Best Children’s books of 2020, and was awarded both a Junior Library Guild of America and a Parent’s Choice Gold Award. The sequel to Madame Badobedah, Madame Badobedah and The Old Bones was published in October 2023.

Dahl has written non-fiction essays for US Vogue, Vogue, The New York Times, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. She has judged the Women’s Prize for Fiction and Vogue’s Young Talent Contest. She is also a contributing editor and monthly columnist at House and Garden magazine.

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Beautiful! My Favourite feel good book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 April 2009

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Oh dear me! There are a lot of cynics out there! Ok...so it's not Shakespeare! Nor is it Roald Dahl, but then again, it's not supposed to be!
The story is short, fairy tale like, whimsical even, but in all the doom and gloom in the world this is what we need!
The romantic notion of a man with dancing eye's and the messy and quirky illustrations makes this one of my all time favourite books!
It's light hearted and a feel good read, always cheers me up when I'm blue!
Don't read it if you're looking for a piece of in depth, gripping literature, you will be disappointed, but if you want a short story that you will cherish and adore, a story that can take you to another place, all be it "fluffy and girly" (what's wrong with that?) this is the book for you!
As for Sofie Dahl having a bash at writing, why shouldn't she? She will never compete with her grandfather, then again, she hasn't tried to!
I love it! :-)

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A Lovely Fairytale.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2012

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I have already purchased Sophie's cookery books which are well written and very enjoyable so I was interested to read her first novel. This is a lovely, well written romantic story and due to it's lovely artwork it now has pride of place on my bookshelf. It is a lovely 'easy read' that will cheer you up when you're sick of the usual doom and gloom in the world! I have now ordered Sophie's second novel which I am sure I will enjoy.

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Slim and sweet read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2020

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A slim and sweet work.......delicate and frothy.
A perfect read in these difficult Covid days ........from the lovely Sophie Dahl.
Her work enhanced by its illustrations .......by Annie Morris .
Enjoy.

beautiful illustrations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2013

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simple short story written along the lines of a poem and beautifully illustrated making it a book to look at rather than take away for a holiday read.

Unremarkable...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 June 2019

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Pretty vacuous and shallow. I have loved Sophie’s writing for many years but this is not in the same vein/ league at all.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 June 2017

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I love Sophie's writing, only wish she had written more novels. This is simple but lovely.

All over far too quickly

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2013

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Loved this little book - the drawings were so apt and made me smile and both left me with a gentle good feeling.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2013

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I bought this after reading Sophie Dahl's Playing with the grown-ups which I really enjoyed however the man with the dancing eyes was a total disappointment and I can't think of anybody it would appeal to.

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Canadienne

Charming book!

Reviewed in Canada on 23 March 2017

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The book I received (The Man with the Dancing Eyes by S. Dahl) was just lovely - especially all of the sketched images! Arrived on time and in the condition it described. A+

Ms. Jessica Greene

Beautiful illustrated fairy tale for the modern woman

Reviewed in the United States on 5 June 2011

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I love Sophie Dahl grown up fairy tale and the illustrations by Anne Morris make the book a beautiful keep sake. It's a book I recommend to all my friends and this purchase was for my best friend as a gift. The service was good, I was a bit nervous because I was getting it posted to her place in secret but it arrived pretty much on time and she was very happy with it.

MPet

Adore

Reviewed in the United States on 2 September 2018

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Sophie is one of a kind — this is incredibly sweet, lyrical, whimsical & precious. If you're a woman of any age, and a dreamer, and a lover of words & drawings, you'll love this book.

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Lizbeth

Interesting

Reviewed in the United States on 20 October 2019

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BB

Love Sophie Dahl, hate this book...

Reviewed in the United States on 13 August 2011

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I very rarely give a 1star review. But this book was awful! I love Sophie Dahl and i LOVE her cookery show and will happily watch clips of it on youtube (now it is no longer on air). I really wanted to like this book, but i could not understand it and so, im thinking, it wasnt my sort of thing.
It made no sense to me. So maybe you either get it , or you don't. I, was among the 'don'ts'.
I know i'm being annoying in my review but i can't even describe what i didnt like about it! I mean, it wasn't even a book or a novel? It was sort of a ...nonsense poem? but not a poem?

Sadly, i returned it.

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