When Marnie Was There. Joan G. Robinson

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      First published in Great Britain by Collins in 1967

      This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2014

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      Text copyright © Joan G. Robinson 1967

      Postscript copyright © Deborah Sheppard 2002

      Illustrations by Peggy Fortnum

      Cover illustration by Hamish Blakely

      Cover design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2014

      Joan G. Robinson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007104772

      Ebook Edition © MARCH 2014 ISBN: 9780007586868

      Version: 2019-10-25

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

1. Anna

2. The Peggs

3. On the Staithe

4. The Old House

5. Anna Follows Her Fancy

6. “A Stiff, Plain Thing—”

7. “—and a Fat Pig”

8. Mrs Pegg’s Bingo Night

       9. A Girl and a Boat

       10. Pickled Samphire

       11. Three Questions Each

       12. Mrs Pegg Breaks Her Teapot

       13. The Beggar Girl

       14. After the Party

       15. “Look Out for Me Again!”

       16. Mushrooms and Secrets

       17. The Luckiest Girl in the World

       18. After Edward Came

       19. The Windmill

       20. Friends No More

       21. Marnie in the Window

       22. The Other Side of the House

       23. The Chase

       24. Caught!

       25. The Lindsays

       26. Scilla’s Secret

       27. How Scilla Knew

       28. The Book

       29. Talking About Boats

       30. A Letter from Mrs Preston

       31. Mrs Preston Goes Out to Tea

       32. A Confession

       33. Miss Penelope Gill

       34. Gillie Tells a Story

       35. Whose Fault Was It?

       36. The End of the Story

       37. Goodbye to Wuntermenny

       Postscript by Deborah Sheppard

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