MatildaNow a musical! 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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The fires of fury and hatred were smouldering in the Trunchbull's small black eyes. “Matilda!” she barked. “Stand up!” “Who, me?” Matilda said. “What have I done?” “Stand up, you disgusting little cockroach! You filthy little maggot!
The fires of fury and hatred were smouldering in the Trunchbull's small black eyes. “Matilda!” she barked. “Stand up!” “Who, me?” Matilda said. “What have I done?” “Stand up, you disgusting little cockroach! You filthy little maggot!
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Matilda's brother Michael was a perfectly normal boy, but the sister, as I said, was something to make your eyes pop. By the age of one and a half her speech was perfect and she knew as many words as most grown-ups.
Matilda's brother Michael was a perfectly normal boy, but the sister, as I said, was something to make your eyes pop. By the age of one and a half her speech was perfect and she knew as many words as most grown-ups.
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Over the next few 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 ...
Over the next few 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 ...
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“Shall I choose you another?” Over the next six months, under Mrs Phelps's watchful and compassionate eye, Matilda read the following books: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
“Shall I choose you another?” Over the next six months, under Mrs Phelps's watchful and compassionate eye, Matilda read the following books: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
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Mrs Wormwood sat munching her meal with her eyes glued to the American soap-opera on the screen. She was a large woman whose hair was dyed platinum blonde except where you could see the mousy-brown bits growing out from the roots.
Mrs Wormwood sat munching her meal with her eyes glued to the American soap-opera on the screen. She was a large woman whose hair was dyed platinum blonde except where you could see the mousy-brown bits growing out from the roots.
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User Review - deaflower - LibraryThingThis is one of my favourite children's stories, because it shows that you can be anything you want to be, regardless of who you are, what you look like, and where you came from. Matilda didn't have a ... Read full review
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User Review - quondame - LibraryThingMatilda is the wee girl with something extra in a family that hasn't any place for her or good will toward anyone. In finding a library and librarian as a pre-schooler she takes steps into a larger ... Read full review
Contents
The Ghost | |
The PlatinumBlond | |
The Trunchbull | |
Throwing the Hammer | |
Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake | |
Lavender | |
The First Miracle | |
Miss Honeys Cottage | |
Miss Honeys Story | |
The Practice | |
A New Home | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Matilda |
| Author | Roald Dahl |
| Illustrated by | Quentin Blake |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1101654317, 9781101654316 |
| Length | 240 pages |
| Subjects | › › Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic Juvenile Fiction / School & Education Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance |
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