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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... sit awhile and read a book . Mrs Phelps , slightly taken aback at the arrival of such a tiny girl unaccompanied by a parent ... sitting quietly by herself in a cosy corner devouring one book after another . When she had read every single ...
... sit awhile and read a book . Mrs Phelps , slightly taken aback at the arrival of such a tiny girl unaccompanied by a parent ... sitting quietly by herself in a cosy corner devouring one book after another . When she had read every single ...
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... 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 for her to hold up , which meant she had to sit leaning forward in ...
... 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 for her to hold up , which meant she had to sit leaning forward in ...
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... Sit back and allow the words to wash around you , like music . " " I will , I will . " " Did you know " , Mrs Phelps said , " that public libraries like this allow you to borrow books and take them home ? " " I didn't know that ...
... Sit back and allow the words to wash around you , like music . " " I will , I will . " " Did you know " , Mrs Phelps said , " that public libraries like this allow you to borrow books and take them home ? " " I didn't know that ...
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... sit and read most afternoons, often with a mug of hot chocolate beside her. She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the ... sitting in her little room in an English village. е Mr Wormwood , the Great Car Dealer Matilda's parents.
... sit and read most afternoons, often with a mug of hot chocolate beside her. She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the ... sitting in her little room in an English village. е Mr Wormwood , the Great Car Dealer Matilda's parents.
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... sit down and say to myself , how can I convert a mileage reading of one hundred and fifty thousand into only ten thousand without taking the speedometer to pieces ? Well , if I were to run the car backwards for long enough then ...
... sit down and say to myself , how can I convert a mileage reading of one hundred and fifty thousand into only ten thousand without taking the speedometer to pieces ? Well , if I were to run the car backwards for long enough then ...
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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