Three Ladies Beside the Sea
Wickedly funny and delightfully sad, Three Ladies Beside the Sea is a tale of love found, love lost, and love never-ending. Edward Gorey’s off-kilter Edwardian maidens are the perfect accompaniment to Rhoda Levine’s lilting rhymes.The place is remote:Three houses beside the sea.The Characters are Few:Laughing Edith of Ecstasy,Edith so happy and gay.Smiling Catherine of Compromise,She smiles her life away.And then there is Alice of Hazard,A dangerous life leads she.The question in the plot is quite simple:Why is Alice up in a tree? The answer can be discovered:Edith and Catherine do.
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Three Ladies Beside the Sea
Wickedly funny and delightfully sad, Three Ladies Beside the Sea is a tale of love found, love lost, and love never-ending. Edward Gorey’s off-kilter Edwardian maidens are the perfect accompaniment to Rhoda Levine’s lilting rhymes.The place is remote:Three houses beside the sea.The Characters are Few:Laughing Edith of Ecstasy,Edith so happy and gay.Smiling Catherine of Compromise,She smiles her life away.And then there is Alice of Hazard,A dangerous life leads she.The question in the plot is quite simple:Why is Alice up in a tree? The answer can be discovered:Edith and Catherine do.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781590173541 |
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Publisher: | New York Review Books |
Publication date: | 07/13/2010 |
Series: | New York Review Children's Collection Series |
Pages: | 40 |
Sales rank: | 669,880 |
Product dimensions: | 7.60(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.40(d) |
Age Range: | 5 - 9 Years |
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