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Did Beatrix Potter really have flu? /
How did Long John Silver Lose His Leg? is a wonderfully diverting tour through some of the best-loved classics of children's literature, addressing many of the unanswered questions that inspire intense speculation when the books are laid down. Could Bobbie's train really have stopped in ti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
The Lutterworth Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Difficulties with Dates; 2. I Suppose You Have Heard ofthe Tom Brown Question?; 3. Was Ballantyne Really Bothered about Cocoa-Nuts?; 4. How Often Does Charles Dodgson Appear in the 'Alice' Books?; 5. What Did Mr March Do in the War Between the States?; 6. How Long John Silver Lost His Leg and Acquired a Parrot; 7. The Moon, the French Chef and the Missionary: Textual Revisions by H. Rider Haggard; 8. How Did Bevis Grow Ten Years in Fifty-Eight Days?; 9. How Much Gold Was in Pevensey Castle?
- 10. Would Bobbie's Train Have Stopped in Time?11. Did Isabel Archer Meet Mr Toad?; 12. How Did Mary Get to Misslethwaite Manor?; 13. Did Beatrix Potter Really Suffer from 'Flu in 1909?; 14. Why Did Wilfred Owen Change The Little Mermaid in 1909?; 15. How Many Adults Are There in Winnie-the-Pooh?; 16. The Strange Disappearance of Europe: Why Didn't Children's Books Notice the Approach of Two World Wars?; 17. How Old Was the Great Aunt?; 18. Did John Masefield Ever Meet Hitler or Stalin?; 19. How Well Did George Orwell Really Know Billy Bunter?; 20. Some Questions of Authorship.
- 21. Exactly How Big Was the Little House in the Big Woods?22. Did Jennings Ever Grow Up or Learn Anything?; 23. Skating on Thin Ice; 24. Does Anyone Really Write for Children?; 25. Did the Line Really Hold?; 26. The Mayne Incident: Do Writers for Children Have To Be Nicer than Other Writers?; 27. Who is Killing Cock-Robin? The Mysterious Death of the Children's Book; Notes; Back Cover.