The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: There's No Place Like HomeThe Floating Press, 01.05.2014 - 322 Seiten Amanda Minnie Douglas was an American writer who composed works primarily for younger audiences. Although her early efforts were highly "didactic" works in keeping with the Victorian mores of the time, she later began to write in a more modern mode. During this period, she updated a number of classic fairy tales and folk tales for early-twentieth-century audiences. Her charming take on The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe is sure to capture the imagination of younger readers. |
Inhalt
5 | |
18 | |
31 | |
Chapter IV The Identical Shoe | 46 |
Chapter V Good Luck for Joe | 62 |
Chapter VI Fortunes and Misfortunes | 79 |
Chapter VII The Old Tumbler After All | 98 |
Chapter VIII Florence in State | 114 |
Chapter XIII From Gray Skies to Blue | 194 |
Chapter XIV A FlowerGarden in Doors | 209 |
Chapter XV How Charlie Ran Away | 226 |
Chapter XVI Almost Discouraged | 243 |
Chapter XVII Lost at Sea | 262 |
Chapter XVIII A Song in the Night | 278 |
Chapter XIX In the Old HomeNest Again | 295 |
Chapter XX Wherein the Old Shoe Becomes Crowded | 313 |
Chapter IX Fourth of July | 129 |
Chapter X Which Should She Choose? | 145 |
Chapter XI Out of the Old HomeNest | 161 |
Chapter XII Joes Fortune | 178 |
Chapter XXI How the Dreams Came True | 327 |
Chapter XXII Christmastide | 339 |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: There's No Place Like Home Amanda Minnie Douglas Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1874 |
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; Or, There's No Place Like Home Amanda M. Douglas Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2023 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
allspice asked beautiful began believe better Charlie Charlie's chickens child Christmas clothes comfort curls darling Darol dear declared delight dollars Dot's dream dress ejaculated exclaimed Dot exclaimed Hal eyes face fancy felt fiddle Florence Florence's Flossy Flossy's flowers Fourth of July fuchsia gave girl glad gone grandmother Granny Granny's green-house guess hair Hal's hands happy hard head heard heart heliotrope Howard Joe's keep Kenneth King Arthur Kinsey kissed lady laughed little Dot live look Madison Mary Jane Meade merry Miss Charteris molasses morning never nice night Osgood poor port wine pretty returned round Salem scalp-lock seemed sighed smiled soft softly spile splendid stay sure sweet talk tears tell tender Terry There's thing thought took tumble violin voice Wilcox woman wonderful Wyck