Wolves Of Willoughby Chase

from ashleytylerjohn

This is my second time reading it--my recollection of the first reading was that I liked it, but other than that there were wolves, I'd forgotten all the particulars (and the wolves came much, much earlier than in my remembrance).It seems to me that this is likely a very influential tale that did...

from jnwelch

"Sylvia, secretly, began to be a little anxious. They seemed to have come a very long way, the house was nearly out of sight across the rolling parkland, and when they rounded the curve of the river they saw that Miss Slighcarp had cut across another ridge and was almost as far from them as ever....

from Smiler69

On this particular day sometime in the 19th century, little Bonnie, who lives in a grand English house called Willoughby Chase, is both terribly sad about her parents leaving on an extended sea voyage and terribly excited about the fact that her cousin Sylvia is on her way from London to live wit...

from ctpress

Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia are left alone with the suspicious governess Miss Slighcarp, when Bonnie's parents are leaving for a sea voyage. Miss Slighcarp have plans to take possession of the Willoughby Chase estate. And she sends the children to an orphanage run by Mrs. Brisket who must be in ...

from kiparsky

Quite a good adventure for kids. Scary, yes, but not overly so. Anglophile, yes. Full of big words they won't know, but they'll figure 'em out - your kids are smart. And the cover art is by Edward Gorey, what more could you want?