{"product_id":"the-runaway","title":"The Runaway","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/runaway.jpg?v=1593035061\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eILLUSTRATED BY GWEN RAVERAT\u003cbr\u003eAFTERWORDS BY ANNE HARVEY AND FRANCES SPALDING\u003cbr\u003e240pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155264\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1872 novel by a mid-Victorian poet and novelist is about a girl named Clarice, living with her widowed father and her governess 'in a charming home at a convenient (railway) distance from the city.' One day she finds a girl of her own age hiding in the shrubbery. She is Olga and 'there is no question that she is the liveliest child character in English fiction' said the \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e in 1936. The subsequent plot is delightful rather than dramatic, for the joy of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Runaway\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is the way its style and tone pays tribute to \u003cem\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e (which had appeared seven years before). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Runaway\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was a lifelong favourite of the artist Gwen Raverat: \"I think that it is the sort of book which must always be liked, because it is such fun... It is not old-fashioned... Nor is it ever pious, or proper, or sentimental... It is a particularly good book to read aloud\". \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was at Raverat's suggestion that \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Runaway \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewas reissued with sixty of her wood-engravings, which we reproduce. Because of the delightful quality of the story, and the beautiful illustrations, this is a book that can be enjoyed by all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the endpapers we used a 1936 woodblock-printed curtain fabric designed and hand-printed on linen by Margaret Calkin James for the schoolroom at 'Hornbeams'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Anna Hart","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098767642931,"sku":"wpr1789694507356","price":30.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098767675699,"sku":"yiq1789694507357","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098767708467,"sku":"pmp1789694507358","price":35.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098767741235,"sku":"ybx1789694507359","price":50.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/the-runaway_1.jpg?v=1789694512","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/the-runaway","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}