Matilda, Volume 1Matilda is a genius, but her parents treat her like a dolt, so she applies her untapped mental powers to get revenge on her parents and rid her school of the evil headmistress. "Dahl has written another fun and funny book with a child's perspective on an adult world. As usual, Blake's comical sketches are the perfect complement to the satirical humor".--School Library Journal. |
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Page 50
... sitting - room . Mr Wormwood had just returned from work . Matilda and her brother were sitting quietly on the sofa waiting for their mother to bring in the TV dinners on a tray . The television had not yet been switched on . In came Mr ...
... sitting - room . Mr Wormwood had just returned from work . Matilda and her brother were sitting quietly on the sofa waiting for their mother to bring in the TV dinners on a tray . The television had not yet been switched on . In came Mr ...
Page 164
... sit down and don't say a word ! Go on , sit down at once ! " " But I'm telling you . . . " Matilda shouted , re ... sitting behind the teacher's table staring with a mixture of horror and fasci- nation at the newt wriggling in the ...
... sit down and don't say a word ! Go on , sit down at once ! " " But I'm telling you . . . " Matilda shouted , re ... sitting behind the teacher's table staring with a mixture of horror and fasci- nation at the newt wriggling in the ...
Page 190
... sitting- room she stopped and stared around her in absolute amazement . The room was as small and square and bare as a prison cell . The pale daylight that entered came from a single tiny window in the front wall , but there were no ...
... sitting- room she stopped and stared around her in absolute amazement . The room was as small and square and bare as a prison cell . The pale daylight that entered came from a single tiny window in the front wall , but there were no ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
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