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Mossy Trotter is the only book for children by Elizabeth Taylor, a writer who is increasingly recognised as one of the best writers of the twentieth century.
'We - that is, Herbert and I - want you, Mossy, to be our page-boy,' Miss Silkin said, staring hard at Mossy again, as if she were trying to imagine him dressed up, and with his hair combed.
Mossy went very red, and nearly choked on a piece of cake, and Selwyn laughed, and went on laughing, as if he had just heard the funniest joke of all his life. They both knew what being a page-boy meant. One of the boys at school - one of the very youngest ones - had had to be one, wearing velvet trousers and a frilled blouse.'
When Mossy moves to the country, life is full of delights - trees to climb, woods to explore and, best of all, the marvellous dump to rummage through. But every now and then his happiness is disturbed - chiefly by his mother's meddling friend, Miss Silkin. And a dreaded event casts a shadow over even the sunniest of days - being a page-boy at her wedding.
In her only children's book, Elizabeth Taylor perfectly captures the temptations, confusion and terrors of a mischievous boy, and just how illogical, frustrating and inconsistent adults are!
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It's always a treat to read Elizabeth Taylor. Mossy Trotter is a real gem. A delightfully mischievous boy living in those long-ago halcyon days when children played out all day, roaming commons, scavenging on rubbish tips and stamping in newly-laid tar. (Jacqueline Wilson)
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Mossy Trotter is the only book for children by Elizabeth Taylor, a writer who is increasingly recognised as one of the best writers of the twentieth century.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1967
- ISBN 10 0701102071
- ISBN 13 9780701102074
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages160
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Mossy Trotter
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Harcourt, Brace & World January 1967
(1967)
ISBN 10: 0701102071
ISBN 13: 9780701102074
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. No Jacket. Laszlo Acs (illustrator). Heavier surface and edge wear to the cover. Sun bleaching to a majority of the cover. The corners have been bumped. The boards are beginning to show in the corners. The cover is beginning to fray where the boards are exposed. The binding is tilted. Ex-library with the normal markings and stickers. The previous library's name and 'Discarded' have been stamped throughout the book several times as well as on the edges of the pages. Pages show reader wear. Pages have some water waving and soiling. A few cracks in the spine throughout the book. Pages appear to be secure. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Seller Inventory # 1080020
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