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Onderdeel van de reeks(en)The Treasure Seekers (Short Story)
In Father's absence the Bastable children try to liven up their Christmas by making a fancy Christmas pudding. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I'm afraid that I covered myself in disgrace today, at the splendid Rose Reading Room of the New York Public Library, where I go to read those titles that cannot be taken out of the library, but must be perused on the premises. Reading E. Nesbit's The Conscience Pudding, a chapter from her novel The New Treasure Seekers, which is the third of her stories about the adventures of the Bastable children, I found myself continually reduced to helpless, hastily stifled giggling. I'm sure I must have appeared quite maniacal to some of my table mates, as I attempted to swallow my hilarity (to no avail), but I simply couldn't help myself. The scenes in which the children make the pudding! The one in which Oswald waxes poetic about family honor! Most of all, the one in which they inflict a slice of pudding on a hapless beggar, only to meet with an angry response - all of these had me snickering, chortling, laughing out loud. A delightful book, humorous and heartwarming, with a true child's perspective, this reminded me of everything I love about E. Nesbit's work! It's been many years since I read the Treasure Seekers series, and I don't recall them as vividly as some of the author's others, but based on this slim short story sample, I will have to revisit them.
It's worth noting that, in addition to its other splendid qualities, this title is illustrated by the marvelous Erik Blegvad, whose artwork is simply delightful. As the original novel from which the story is taken was illustrated by H.R. Millar (I believe), that makes hunting down this individual chapter worthwhile, if for no other reason than to peruse Blegvad's illustrations. Recommended to Blegvad fans, Nesbit fans, and anyone who enjoys humorous children's fiction. ( )