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 73
... slowly . She looked again at the small girl with bright eyes standing beside her desk so sensible and solemn . " You say you don't find it difficult to multiply one number by another , " Miss Honey said . " Could you try to explain that ...
... slowly . She looked again at the small girl with bright eyes standing beside her desk so sensible and solemn . " You say you don't find it difficult to multiply one number by another , " Miss Honey said . " Could you try to explain that ...
Page 164
... Slowly Matilda sat down . Oh , the rottenness of it all ! The unfairness ! How dare they expel her for something she hadn't done ! Matilda felt herself getting angrier ... and angrier ... and angrier ... so unbearably angry that ...
... Slowly Matilda sat down . Oh , the rottenness of it all ! The unfairness ! How dare they expel her for something she hadn't done ! Matilda felt herself getting angrier ... and angrier ... and angrier ... so unbearably angry that ...
Page 231
... slowly , would you , Miss Honey ? " " I certainly wouldn't , " Miss Honey said . “ Tell me one more . " " A horse , " Matilda said . " That's really slow . It's only forty times a minute . " This child , Miss Honey told herself , seems ...
... slowly , would you , Miss Honey ? " " I certainly wouldn't , " Miss Honey said . “ Tell me one more . " " A horse , " Matilda said . " That's really slow . It's only forty times a minute . " This child , Miss Honey told herself , seems ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
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