MatildaNow a musical on broadway and streaming on Netflix! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers. This much-loved story has recently been made into a wonderful new musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. |
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... town eight miles away . Mrs Wormwood was hooked on bingo and played it five afternoons a week . On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her a book , Matilda set out all by herself to walk to the public library in.
... town eight miles away . Mrs Wormwood was hooked on bingo and played it five afternoons a week . On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her a book , Matilda set out all by herself to walk to the public library in.
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... afternoon , as soon as her mother had left for bingo , Matilda would toddle down to the library . The walk took only ten minutes and this allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cosy corner devouring one book ...
... afternoon , as soon as her mother had left for bingo , Matilda would toddle down to the library . The walk took only ten minutes and this allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cosy corner devouring one book ...
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... afternoons Mrs Phelps could hardly take her eyes from the small girl sitting for hour after hour in the big armchair at the far end of the room with the book on her lap . It was necessary to rest it on the lap because it was too heavy ...
... afternoons Mrs Phelps could hardly take her eyes from the small girl sitting for hour after hour in the big armchair at the far end of the room with the book on her lap . It was necessary to rest it on the lap because it was too heavy ...
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... afternoon to play bingo , " Matilda had said . “ She doesn't know I come here . " " But that's surely not right , " Mrs Phelps said . " I think you'd better ask her . " " I'd rather not , " Matilda said . " She doesn't encourage reading ...
... afternoon to play bingo , " Matilda had said . “ She doesn't know I come here . " " But that's surely not right , " Mrs Phelps said . " I think you'd better ask her . " " I'd rather not , " Matilda said . " She doesn't encourage reading ...
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... afternoons, often with a mug of hot chocolate beside her. She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen, but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted ...
... afternoons, often with a mug of hot chocolate beside her. She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen, but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted ...
Contents
The Ghost | |
Arithmetic | |
The PlatinumBlond | |
Miss Honey | |
The Trunchbull | |
Throwing the Hammer 11 Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake 12 Lavender | |
The Weekly Test | |
The First Miracle | |
The Second Miracle | |
Miss Honeys Cottage | |
Miss Honeys Story | |
The Names | |
The Practice | |
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