Название: Jennie
Автор: Paul Gallico
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Детская проза
isbn: 9780007460526
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First published in the USA as The Abandoned in 1950
First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph in 1950
This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2016
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Text copyright © 1950 by Paul Gallico. Copyright renewed 1978 by Virginia Gallico, Robert Gallico and William Gallico
Why You’ll Love This Book copyright © Vivian French 2011
Cover illustration © Chuck Groenik 2016
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Source ISBN: 9780007395194
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Version: 2018-09-25
To the late Simon of the Amethyst
CONTENTS
Why You’ll Love This Book by Vivian French
Chapter Two – Flight from Cavendish Square
Chapter Three – The Emperor’s Bed
Chapter Four – A Story is Told
Chapter Five – When in Doubt – Wash
Chapter Seven – Always Pause on the Threshold
Chapter Eight – Hoodwinking of an Old Gentleman
Chapter Ten – Price of Two Tickets to Glasgow
Chapter Eleven – The Countess and the Crew
Chapter Thirteen – Mr Strachan Furnishes the Proof
Chapter Fourteen – Mr Strachan’s Proof Leads to Difficulties
Chapter Sixteen – Lost in the Clouds
Chapter Seventeen – Jennie Makes a Confession
Chapter Eighteen – Mr Grims Sleeps
Chapter Nineteen – London Once More
Chapter Twenty – The ‘Élite’ of Cavendish Square
Chapter Twenty-One – Reunion in Cavendish Mews
Chapter Twenty-Two – Jennie Makes a Decision
Chapter Twenty-Three – Lulu – or, Fishface for Short
Chapter Twenty-Four – The Informers
Chapter Twenty-Five – The Search