Author | Mary Norton |
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Language | English |
Series | The Borrowers |
Genre | Fantasy children's novel |
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Publication date | November 1982[2] |
Publication place | United Kingdom and US |
Pages | 284pp (UK); 298pp (US) |
ISBN | 0722658044 ISBN 0152105301 |
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Preceded by | The Borrowers Aloft |
The Borrowers Avenged is a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton, published in 1982 by Viking Kestrel in the UK[1] and Harcourt in the US. It was the last of five books in a series that is usually called The Borrowers, inaugurated by The Borrowers in 1952.[5][6]
The Borrowers Avenged was written more than 20 years after its predecessor The Borrowers Aloft (1961).[5][7] It is about twice as long as the others at nearly 300 pages;[5][8] the 1966 British omnibus edition of four novels was only 699 pages.[9] Pauline Baynes succeeded Diana L. Stanley as illustrator in the UK while Beth and Joe Krush continued as US illustrators.[3][4][5][9]
The book received a positive reception by critics. New York magazine called it a "well-drawn portrait ...wittily told"[10] while Country Life called it "a modern classic in the making".[11]
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