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Penelope Farmer

Författare till Charlotte varannan dag

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Foto taget av: Picture of Penelope Farmer from the back panel of the First UK edition of The CHina People

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Verk av Penelope Farmer

Charlotte varannan dag (1969) 862 exemplar
The Summer Birds (1962) 102 exemplar
Ett slott av ben (1972) 98 exemplar
Emma in Winter (1966) 64 exemplar
Eve: Her Story (1988) 24 exemplar
Thicker Than Water (1989) 23 exemplar
William and Mary (1974) 16 exemplar
Penelope (1994) 16 exemplar
August the Fourth (1975) 14 exemplar
Daedalus and Icarus. (1971) 13 exemplar
Glasshouses (1989) 12 exemplar
The Seagull (1966) 11 exemplar
The Story of Persephone (1972) 11 exemplar
The Magic Stone (1964) 10 exemplar
Year King (1977) 10 exemplar
Twin Trouble (Read Aloud) (1996) 10 exemplar
Sisters: An Anthology (1999) 8 exemplar
Standing in the Shadow (1984) 7 exemplar
Dragonfly Summer (1971) 7 exemplar
Snakes and Ladders (1993) 6 exemplar
Goodnight Ophelia (2015) 4 exemplar
The China People (1960) 4 exemplar
The Coal Train (1977) 2 exemplar
Granny and Me (Storybooks) (1998) 2 exemplar
Stone Croc (Racers) (1992) 1 exemplar

Associerade verk

Lyckligt ogift (1927) — Inledning, vissa utgåvor384 exemplar
Stories for Tens and Over (1976) — Bidragsgivare — 35 exemplar
The Second Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories (1997) — Bidragsgivare — 27 exemplar
The Thorny Paradise: Writers on Writing for Children (1975) — Bidragsgivare — 15 exemplar
A Book of Girls' Stories (1964) — Bidragsgivare — 14 exemplar

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Födelsedag
1939-06-14
Kön
female
Nationalitet
UK
Födelseort
Westerham, Kent, England, UK
Bostadsorter
Birmingham, England, UK
Lanzarote, Spain
London, England, UK
Utbildning
University of Oxford (St. Anne's College)
University of London
Yrken
teacher
fiction writer
anthologist
children's book author
novelist
Kort biografi
Penelope Farmer was born in Westerham, Kent, one of twin sisters. She attended boarding school and read history at Oxford University. She did postgraduate work at Bedford College, University of London. Her first book, The China People, a collection of literary fairy tales for young people, was published in 1960. Her first novel for children was The Summer Birds (1963), which was followed by two sequels, Emma in Winter (1966) and the now classic Charlotte Sometimes (1969). Other notable books for young readers include A Castle of Bone (1972), Year King (1977), Thicker than Water (1989), Penelope: A Novel (1993), and Granny and Me (1998). She also writes fiction for adults.

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4.5 — this is great. Can see why it left an impact on Robert Smith. A nice creepy, suspenseful story, with period details. Unsurprisingly, very reminiscent of the books I read as a child. Nice bits of existentialism in there, and some almost hallucinatory scenes. Very nicely written.
 
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thisisstephenbetts | 22 andra recensioner | Nov 25, 2023 |
Charlotte starts at a boarding school for the first time and is allocated a bed in a small dorm room. [return][return]On her first night she sleeps fitfully, and then wakes to a different view outside the window - and everyone calling her a different name! She then swaps bodies and timeframes with a girl called Clare, and between them have to navigate a new school as well as two different timeframes. There is plenty to threaten them both, including the flu epidemic, and the fact that Charlotte could be evauacted to the countryside during the war whilst stuck in Clare's body. Everytime they switch, there's always a chance that they will become "stuck" as the other.[return][return]I have to re-read this as an adult, but remember enjoying it as a child - it was the first book I really remember having a sci-fi/fantasy aspect to it (time travel & switching bodies being such sci-fi staples).[return][return]I dont *think* I knew this was the third part of a series although reading the synopsis of book 1 makes me think i've read that one too.… (mer)
 
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nordie | 22 andra recensioner | Oct 14, 2023 |
Although published in 1969, this book felt much older in writing style. This book told the story of Charlotte, who for some reason switched places every other day and became Clare, 40 years in the past. It was convenient that both Charlotte and Clare were at the same boarding school in England. I can see why this book would not have been a popular check out, as least in the 2000's. However, I found the read to be mildly entertaining as it did portray life in England during WWI. 186 pages
 
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Tess_W | 22 andra recensioner | Jun 28, 2021 |
I read this when I was young but it must have been a library copy because I never had a copy. Memory made it much better than it was, the writing is clumsy and far too modern and misses the beat all too often. Still, there is a little spark here and there, I did feel Charlotte's sense of dislocation at times. The oddest bit was to have the 1918 flu pandemic be such a feature while I am at home in COVID shutdown.
 
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amyem58 | 22 andra recensioner | May 14, 2020 |

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Eleanor Cameron Afterword
Antonio Frasconi Illustrator
Chris Connor Illustrator
C. E. McVean Jacket design
Laszlo Acs Illustrator
James Spanfeller Illustrator
John Kaufmann Illustrator
Jael Jordan Illustrator
Pearl Falconer Illustrator

Statistik

Verk
32
Även av
5
Medlemmar
1,416
Popularitet
#18,163
Betyg
3.8
Recensioner
35
ISBN
108
Språk
4
Favoritmärkt
3

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