The Borrowers Avenged (Mandarin Edition)

Mary Norton

Feb 2014 · Simon and Schuster

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《借东西的小人复仇记》

Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock's huge adventures have been thrilling children young and old for fifty years--and their appeal is as strong as ever in these handsome new paperback packages. While the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, Marla Frazee's striking cover illustrations capture these little people with a larger-than-life appeal.

波德一家逃离了阁楼里的囚禁生活，回到了模型村庄里的家，因为害怕普拉特夫妇再度前来，他们在斯皮勒的带领下搬迁到了教区长住宅，并遇到了一直居住在那里的博学多才的小人皮尔格林。在大家的帮助下，他们重新找到了适合居住的家园，和亨德瑞利舅舅一家比邻而居。普拉特夫妇心有不甘地继续到处搜寻小人的下落。复活节快到了，阿瑞埃蒂吃惊地发现普拉特夫妇来到了教堂！小人能逃过他们的追捕吗？那贪婪残酷的一对是如何受到惩罚的呢？

About the author

Mary Norton (née Pearson) was an English children's author. She was the daughter of a physician, and was raised in a Georgian house at the end of the High Street in Leighton Buzzard. The house now consists of part of Leighton Middle School, known within the school as The Old House, and was reportedly the setting of her novel The Borrowers. She married Robert C. Norton in 1927 and had four children, 2 boys and 2 girls. Her second husband was Lionel Boncey, who she married in 1970. She began working for the War Office in 1940 before the family moved temporarily to the United States.