Henrietta's House (1942)

by Elizabeth Goudge

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Series: The Torminster Saga (3)

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One golden afternoon, Henrietta, along with her family and friends, sets out for a birthday picnic. On the way, each of the horses and ponies carrying them mysteriously goes a different route, and the occupants each have a different adventure.

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A whimsical story, featuring adventure, very old gentlemen, books, underground caves and rivers, and a delightful surprise for a very loving girl.

Henrietta is ten, her adopted brother Hugh Anthony about to celebrate his birthday. However most of the characters in the book are adults, the majority quite elderly. It's a children's book, but I don't know many children nowadays who would appreciate it, other than, perhaps, voracious and eclectic readers of between about nine and twelve.

However, for adults who like Goudge's writing, steeped in history and cathedral culture, it's a pleasant book. It's set entirely in the real world despite some bizarre circumstances and coincidences. I read it in just a couple of days. (

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SueinCyprus | Jul 9, 2018 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Goudge, Elizabeth	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Maitland, Antony	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Steele, Lorna R	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Verlinden-Bakx, C.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Watson, Aldren A.	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Westendorp, Fiep	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Henrietta's House

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The Blue Hills

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Torminster, Wells, England, UK

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For Dorothy Pope

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Once upon a time there was a railway station waiting for a train.

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Original title: "Henrietta's House" also reedited in USA as "The Blue Hills".

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One golden afternoon, Henrietta, along with her family and friends, sets out for a birthday picnic. On the way, each of the horses and ponies carrying them mysteriously goes a different route, and the occupants each have a different adventure.

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Back to beloved cathedral town of Torminster in the early years of this century.

One golden afternoon, Henrietta Ferranti, along with her family and friends, sets out for young Hugh Anthony's birthday party, and he's going to celebrate with the people he loves best, young and old alike. The day begins with a wish and ends with a revelation after a magical mystery tour. A procession of landaus and victorias, plus one motor car, are bound for the Blue Hills and Hugh's picnic. Whatever the reason, each of the horses and ponies carrying them mysteriously lost on its way to the Blue Hills.

As each of the partygoers ventures into an enchanted forest where legend becomes reality and their wildest dreams come true, and by the time the travelers meet again over tea and iced birthday cake, they have had such adventures. Adventures such that none of them is the same person. They are wiser, nicer and much happier. The innocent birthday picnic becomes the adventure of a lifetime and no one will ever be the same again.

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