Lassie Come-Home - Couverture souple

Knight, Eric

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140367195 ISBN 13 : 9780140367195

Editeur : Puffin Books, 1994

Synopsis

When Sam Carraclough fall on hard times, he is forced to sell his prize collie to a wealthy family. But Lassie, although she is taken hundreds of miles away, knows it is her duty to meet young Joe from school - so she starts on the long and difficult journey home.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

'Everyone in Greenall Bridge knew Sam Carraclough's Lassie. In fact, you might say that she was the best-known dog in the village ... because nearly every man in the village agreed she was the finest collie he had ever laid eyes on.'

Sam's son Joe and Lassie are a devoted pair but a time comes when they have to be parted. The Carracloughs are not well off and when they fall on hard times Sam is forced to sell his champion dog to the Duke of Rudling, whose great estate borders their Yorkshire village.

But Lassie escapes and makes her way home to the Carracloughs. The Duke, not one to be tricked by a dog, claims Lassie back and she is taken many miles away to the Duke's other home in Scotland.

But again Lassie pines for her proper home and escapes. Undaunted by the challenge, she sets off on the long trek back to her Yorkshire home. She faces many dangers and adventures along the way but she also meets some kind people who offer her help and comfort. At the end, when Joe has given up all hope of ever seeing his long-lost companion again, the weary Lassie returns and he finds her waiting for him at the school gates in her accustomed spot, just like old times. Lassie and Joe are joyfully reunited. Against all the odds, Lassie has come home!

Présentation de l'éditeur

Everyone in the Yorkshire town of Greenall Bridge knows Lassie, the prize collie of miner Sam Carraclough and his son Joe. But when the family falls on hard times, Sam is forced to sell his dog to the Duke of Rudling, who takes her hundreds of miles away to his estate in Scotland. Undeterred by the distance and driven by instinctive love, Lassie escapes from her new owners and embarks on an epic journey to be reunited with her young master Joe. Will she overcome the hardships of the long journey and the various dangers along the way? Based on the author s own childhood memories and filled with adventure and suspense, Lassie Come-Home Eric Knight s best-loved novel and a huge best-seller, which inspired many film and TV adaptations is a timeless tale and one of the greatest dog stories ever written.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Puffin Books
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140367195
• ISBN 13: 9780140367195
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Kirmse Marguerite
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible