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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 8
Page 112
... whispered . " What's going to happen ? " Lavender whispered back . " That idiot Amanda " , Hortensia said , " has let her long hair grow even longer during the hols and her mother has plaited it into pigtails . Silly thing to do ...
... whispered . " What's going to happen ? " Lavender whispered back . " That idiot Amanda " , Hortensia said , " has let her long hair grow even longer during the hols and her mother has plaited it into pigtails . Silly thing to do ...
Page 128
... whispered to Lavender . " No , " Lavender whispered back . " It's imposs- ible . He'd be sick before he was halfway through . " The boy kept going . When he had finished the second slice , he looked at the Trunchbull , hesitating ...
... whispered to Lavender . " No , " Lavender whispered back . " It's imposs- ible . He'd be sick before he was halfway through . " The boy kept going . When he had finished the second slice , he looked at the Trunchbull , hesitating ...
Page 130
... whispered back . " I wouldn't have believed anyone in the world could eat the whole of a cake that size . " " The Trunchbull doesn't believe it either , " Matilda whispered . " Look at her . She's turning redder and redder . She's going ...
... whispered back . " I wouldn't have believed anyone in the world could eat the whole of a cake that size . " " The Trunchbull doesn't believe it either , " Matilda whispered . " Look at her . She's turning redder and redder . She's going ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afternoon Amanda aunt began blancmange Bruce Bogtrotter cake called chair Charles Dickens child Chokey cigar clever cook daddy desk Eric Ernest Hemingway eyes face father feeling front girl glass going Golden Syrup hair hands happened head Headmistress Honey's Hortensia hullo hundred inside John Steinbeck kitchen knew Lavender asked limerick live looked margarine Matilda asked Matilda cried Miss Honey asked Miss Trunchbull mother move never newt Nicholas Nickleby Nigel parents Phelps pigtails PLATINUM BLONDE round Rupert screamed seemed silent sitting slice spell stand stared stood stop suddenly Superglue sure talk teacher tell telly thing three-times table tiny told Trilby Trunch Trunchbull shouted Trunchbull's turned TV dinners voice walked watching week What's whispered Wilfred wonderful Wormwood yelled