The Borrowers (Odyssey Classics ) (Take Part S.) (Pennant Books)

by Mary Norton

Samantha Bond (Narrator)

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Penguin presents the ABRIDGED audiobook edition of The Borrowers by Mary Norton, read by Samantha Bond.

Pod, Homily and Arrietty are a family of tiny people who live beneath the floor, behind the grandfather clock in the old rectory. They own nothing - everything they have is borrowed from the 'human beans' who don't even know they exist. Arrietty's father, Pod, is an expert borrower. He can scale curtains using a hatpin and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it. Girl's aren't supposed to go borrowing, but as Arrietty is an only child, Pod breaks the rules. But when she is in the house borrowing, something happens which changes their lives. Arrietty makes friends with 'the boy upstairs'.

  • ISBN10 0141804718
  • ISBN13 9780141804712
  • Publish Date 6 March 2003 (first published December 1952)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 1 February 2024
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint Puffin
  • Edition Abridged edition
  • Format Audiobook (CD)
  • Duration 1 hours and 12 minutes
  • Language English