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Indlæser... The Chimneys of Green Knowe (1958)af L. M. Boston
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A young boy (Tolly) visiting his grandmother at Green Knowe, works with the ghosts of children who had once lived there, to discover the final resting place of a long lost family treasure. Two of the ghosts are of a blind girl (daughter of Captain Oldknow, who was a former owner of Green Knowe), and a young, rescued slave-boy (Jacob), who was eventually adopted by the Captain as his son. Warnings: some characters use extremely racist and vile language when referring to Jacob, and they treat him cruelly when the Captain is away. They are also cruel and callous in their treatment of the blind girl when her father is out of town. There is an episode when Green Knowe is on fire, and Jacob races into the burning building to rescue the blind girl, who is his dearest friend. ( ) After a random rewatch of From Time to Time, with Maggie Smith and Dominic West, I thought I would try (one of) the Green Knowe books. Not really my style - very Enid Blyton, and horribly dated and racist - but a good story for children, based on the author's own house. Nine year old schoolboy Tolly goes to stay with his great-grandmother and visit with the 'ghosts' of children from another time. In between adventures reminscent of The Secret Garden, Mrs Oldknow recounts the story of Jacob, an African slave bought to be a companion to the blind daughter of the house. She talks like she was there at the time, which makes no sense, but perhaps she means that she was introduced to the children at a young age too. Recommended, but I would perhaps suggest the adaptation over the books! When I first picked this up, many years ago, I discovered that Toby and Alexander and Linnet weren't in the story, and refused to read any further in a rage. However, having moved on a little since those days, I stuck it on my Christmas wishlist and gave it a try. Very similar in tone to ‘The Children of Green Knowe’, this time it's spring, and Tolly spends his Easter holiday learning about a Regency Oldknowe and her freed-slave companion. Unlike the Stuart Oldknowes, the children in this book aren't ghosts; Tolly and they simply pass into one another's times, and even interact and impact on one another. Tolly, incidentally, has managed to grow two years in one term at school, but let that pass. This was adapted in 2009 into a not-entirely-satisfactory film under the title 'From Time to Time'. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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A young boy listens to his great-grandmother's tales of Green Knowe as it used to be and, gradually, as past and present blend, he shares the strange adventures of the former inhabitants. No library descriptions found. |
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