Shirley Hughes

Dorothy Edwards

More misadventures of the narrator's rambunctious little sister with her family and friends.

My Naughty Little Sister

Sonata d'inverno

The Witches and the Grinnygog

Claire Flay

Classic fiction. First published in 1928, this novel sees Dorothy Edwards delineate her contemporary class and gender boundaries with a deft hand. This edition has been introduced by Dr Claire Flay, who has recently completed a literary biography of Dorothy Edwards.

Winter Sonata

The misadventures of the narrator's rambunctious little sister with her family and friends.

My Naughty Little Sister Storybook

Presents a collection of seven stories surrounding the naughty little sister who, at times, can be good, especially when she helps Grannie make Christmas puddings and helps Mrs. Cocoa Jones find her prized china baby angel.

When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good

An enchanting collection of stories about the most famous little sister in the world, with beautiful and iconic illustrations by Shirley Hughes. A treasure trove of sibling naughtiness, this children's book contains a selection of the best loved My Naughty Little Sister stories. This famous little sister is stubborn and greedy and full of mischief. She tries to cut off the cat's tail and eats all the trifle at Harry's party! How much bother can one little sister be? My Naughty Little Sister has charmed generations of adults and children alike thanks to Dorothy Edwards' playful stories and Shirley Hughes' beautiful illustrations. These best-selling books are perfect for little girls with siblings of their own. A great book for early readers aged 6 and up. Fans of Milly Molly Mandy and Mrs Pepperpot will love My Naughty Little Sister. Praise for My Naughty Little Sister: 'Edwards was one of the best children's writers of the 20th century and her collaboration with illustrator Shirley Hughes was pure magic: the stories are cheeky, touching and funny' - the Sunday Express. 'Naughtiness is naughtiness, whatever the generation, and these stories are a delight' - The Scotsman Dorothy Edwards dreamt up My Naughty Little Sister whilst on a family holiday in 1950. Dorothy based the character on her younger sister, Phyllis, and went on to write five books about her naughty little sister with wide acclaim. Dorothy became a household name and her stories were read and loved across the globe.

My Naughty Little Sister Treasury

Arnold Nettle, a shy, young telegraph clerk, arrives in a secluded English village when through the post office window he sees a beautiful woman, Olivia, walk past and her appearance seems to herald a new hope for his life.

In un piccolo villaggio della campagna inglese che sa di Jane Austen quanto di Čechov, mentre l’inverno imbianca il paesaggio si dipanano le vicende sentimentali e sociali di una piccola comunità: due sorelle corteggiate a intermittenza, un cugino che non sa cosa fare di sé, una ragazzina ribelle che cerca di evadere da un contesto familiare soffocante, e il forestiero Arnold Nettle, giovane e cagionevole musicista trasferitosi in campagna per fuggire l’inverno cittadino. Le lunghe serate trascorrono tra goffe conversazioni ed esibizioni musicali che sono le sole ad animare la calma che avvolge il paese. Tutti, in cuor loro, aspirano a qualche indefinito mutamento, sperano in un attimo epifanico che possa imprimere alla vita un corso più deciso, ma la voce dei protagonisti rimane in gola, così come il rumore dei passi si perde nel silenzio ovattato dell’inverno. La solitudine della condizione umana è la grande protagonista di questa storia, tratteggiata con pochi tocchi delicati, simili a quelli che animano le corde del violoncello suonato nelle buie sere invernali. Dorothy Edwards firma un romanzo quieto, intimo, nel quale lo stato d’animo dei personaggi prende corpo accordandosi con la musica e con il paesaggio, mentre si comincia a intravedere, in fondo alle strade innevate, l’inevitabile arrivo della primavera. «Ma la sera, dopo quella bella giornata, si alzò il vento e nel cielo fluttuavano grosse nuvole grigie. Violente raffiche irruppero nel villaggio squarciandone la quiete, abbattendosi su porte e finestre e facendo cozzare orribilmente i rami degli alberi gli uni contro gli altri. Il vento soffiò a quel modo per tutta la notte, e al mattino le foglie dorate erano state strappate via dai rami spogli e giacevano sul duro terreno freddo e nelle strade, sotto gli zoccoli dei cavalli e le ruote dei carri. Il vento era gelido e pungente. Era arrivato l’inverno».

Sonata d’inverno

Meine Schwester, die Nervensäge

When the beautiful full moon disappears, a young boy fears it has been eaten by a sky monster.

Langston's Moon

My naughty little sister is always getting in trouble. This time she refuses to have her photo taken and shows off in front of Harry. W ill she ever learn to be good?

'Listen with Mother' Stories

The ten stories of 'Rhapsody', together with the three previously uncollected pieces added to this edition, are utterly distinctive in voice and sensibility. At least three of the Rhapsody stories – ‘A Country House’, ‘Days’, and the brilliant, allusive and enigmatic ‘A Garland of Earth’- are small masterpieces. Not bad by the age of twenty-four. All of them are extremely controlled studies of constrained desire, loneliness and incomplete relationships for which Edwards was developing a non-realist world of imagery and symbolism and her own language. Music is one of the motifs. For Edwards, music represents art, but also the possibility of sexual passion which is otherwise largely unstated but is everywhere a powerful undercurrent.

Rhapsody

Emmie doesn't like her play group as well as she does the play group activity of playing in paint, which is fun until it gets out of hand.

Emmie and the Purple Paint

Sometimes my naughty little sister can be good . . . when she helps Grannie to make a Christmas Pudding and even teaches Bad Harry a lesson or two. Has my little sister given up her naughty ways?

My Naughty Little Sister's Friends

My naughty little sister is stubborn and greedy and full of mischief. She tries to cut off the cat's tail and eats all the trifle at Harry's party! How much bother can one little sister be? My Naughty Little Sister has charmed generations of adults and children alike thanks to Dorothy Edwards' playful stories and Shirley Hughes' beautiful illustrations.

Dorothy Edwards

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