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Meet the Melendys! Mona, the eldest, is thirteen. She has decided to become an actress and can recite poetry at the drop of a hat. Rush is twelve and a bit mischievous. Miranda is ten and a half. She loves dancing and painting pictures. Oliver is the youngest. At six, he is a calm and thoughtful person. They all live with their father, who is a writer, and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, who takes on the many roles of nurse, cook, substitute mother, grandmother, and aunt. Elizabeth show more Enright's Melendy Quartet captures the lively adventures of this wonderful family as they move from the city to the country! show lessTags
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A delight from my childhood. My three older sisters all read this book, and we all just loved it. While my own siblings weren't as adventurous as the Melendy kids, some of the stories are still universal.
This particular collection is hard to find. My wife surprised me with it for my birthday and spent over $200 on a copy that is in excellent condition. If that's not love, I'm not sure what is.
This particular collection is hard to find. My wife surprised me with it for my birthday and spent over $200 on a copy that is in excellent condition. If that's not love, I'm not sure what is.
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Author Information
26+ Works 12,342 Members
Series
Melendy Quartet (Collections and Selections — 1-3)
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Common Knowledge
- Original title
- The Melendy Family
- Original publication date
- 1944
- People/Characters
- Mona Melendy; Rush Melendy; Randy Melendy (Miranda); Oliver Melendy; Martin Melendy (Father, widower of Nora); Cuffy (Mrs. Evangeline Cuthbert-Stanley, housekeeper & cook) (show all 9); Willy Sloper (handyman); Mrs. Oliphant (Gabrielle, valued family friend); Isaac (mutt, part spaniel)
- Important places
- Central Park, New York, New York, USA
- Important events
- World War II
- Disambiguation notice
- Omnibus Volume that contains:
The Saturdays
The Four-Story Mistake
and
Then There Were Five
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
- LCC
- PZ7 .E724 .M — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
Statistics
- Members
- 57
- Popularity
- 536,086
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.73)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
- 2
