2014, ISBN: 1500455261

[EAN: 9781500455262], New book, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Children are like jam: all very well in the… Plus…

[EAN: 9781500455262], New book, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Children are like jam: all very well in the proper place, but you can't stand them all over the shop-eh, what?' These were the dreadful words of our Indian uncle. They made us feel very young and angry; and yet we could not be comforted by calling him names to ourselves, as you do when nasty grown-ups say nasty things, because he is not nasty, but quite the exact opposite when not irritated. And we could not think it ungentlemanly of him to say we were like jam, because, as Alice says, jam is very nice indeed-only not on furniture and improper places like that. My father said, 'Perhaps they had better go to boarding-school.' And that was awful, because we know Father disapproves of boarding-schools. And he looked at us and said, 'I am ashamed of them, sir!' Your lot is indeed a dark and terrible one when your father is ashamed of you. And we all knew this, so that we felt in our chests just as if we had swallowed a hard-boiled egg whole. At least, this is what Oswald felt, and Father said once that Oswald, as the eldest, was the representative of the family, so, of course, the others felt the same. And then everybody said nothing for a short time. At last Father said- 'You may go-but remember-', Books<

ISBN: 9781500455262

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Children are like jam: all very well in the proper place, but you can't stand them all over the shop-eh, what?' These were th… Plus…

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Children are like jam: all very well in the proper place, but you can't stand them all over the shop-eh, what?' These were the dreadful words of our Indian uncle. They made us feel very young and angry; and yet we could not be comforted by calling him names to ourselves, as you do when nasty grown-ups say nasty things, because he is not nasty, but quite the exact opposite when not irritated. And we could not think it ungentlemanly of him to say we were like jam, because, as Alice says, jam is very nice indeed-only not on furniture and improper places like that. My father said, 'Perhaps they had better go to boarding-school.' And that was awful, because we know Father disapproves of boarding-schools. And he looked at us and said, 'I am ashamed of them, sir!' Your lot is indeed a dark and terrible one when your father is ashamed of you. And we all knew this, so that we felt in our chests just as if we had swallowed a hard-boiled egg whole. At least, this is what Oswald felt, and Father said once that Oswald, as the eldest, was the representative of the family, so, of course, the others felt the same. And then everybody said nothing for a short time. At last Father said- 'You may go-but remember-', Anthologies (non-poetry), Classics, Classics<

ISBN: 9781500455262

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Children are like jam: all very well in the proper place, but you can't stand them all over the shop-eh, what?' These were th… Plus…

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Children are like jam: all very well in the proper place, but you can't stand them all over the shop-eh, what?' These were the dreadful words of our Indian uncle. They made us feel very young and angry; and yet we could not be comforted by calling him names to ourselves, as you do when nasty grown-ups say nasty things, because he is not nasty, but quite the exact opposite when not irritated. And we could not think it ungentlemanly of him to say we were like jam, because, as Alice says, jam is very nice indeed-only not on furniture and improper places like that. My father said, 'Perhaps they had better go to boarding-school.' And that was awful, because we know Father disapproves of boarding-schools. And he looked at us and said, 'I am ashamed of them, sir!' Your lot is indeed a dark and terrible one when your father is ashamed of you. And we all knew this, so that we felt in our chests just as if we had swallowed a hard-boiled egg whole. At least, this is what Oswald felt, and Father said once that Oswald, as the eldest, was the representative of the family, so, of course, the others felt the same. And then everybody said nothing for a short time. At last Father said- 'You may go-but remember-', Anthologies (non-poetry)<

2014, ISBN: 9781500455262

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Paperback, 116 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-07-10T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 0.17 kg, Verkaufsra… Plus…

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Paperback, 116 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-07-10T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 0.17 kg, Verkaufsrang: 20347163, Literary, Literature & Fiction, Subjects, Books, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014<

2014, ISBN: 9781500455262

Trade paperback, New., Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 118 p. Intended for a juvenile audience., [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform]