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The continuing adventures of the Mennyms, a family of life-size rag dolls pretending to be human, as they try to cope with a series of ardent admirers whose attentions threaten to pierce the family's veil of secrecy.Tags
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This series continues to be brilliant. The dark, edgy feeling hinted at in the earlier books is stronger here. I've requested the last two from the library; can't wait to read them.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- De Mennyms belegerd
- Original title
- The Mennyms under Siege
- Original publication date
- 1995; 1997 (Nederlandse vertaling) (Nederlandse vertaling)
- Epigraph*
- ...Leven op leven gestapeld
was mij nog te weinig, en van dit ene
rest mij nog weinig; maar ieder uur wordt bevochten
op de eeuwige stilte, iets meer,
een brenger van nieuwe dingen...
Ulysses, Alfred... (show all) Tennyson - Dedication*
- Voor Julia, mijn uitgeefster, die mij zo heeft aangemoedigd.
En voor Karen, die mij goede raad heeft gegeven. - Original language*
- Engels
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Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .W35115 .M — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 153
- Popularity
- 213,061
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.25)
- Languages
- Dutch, English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 11
- ASINs
- 1
