![]() ![]() When he was thirteen, he published a short story in the school magazine. But even though he was a reader, he describes himself as a “nondescript student.” ![]() He credits the local library as his main source of education. Sir Terry Pratchett was born Apand grew up in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. When Dodger realizes the girl he rescued may still be in danger, he sets off with his brass knuckles and wit to find her assailants. Pratchett plays with language with such skill and devotion, his novels always seem to finish too quickly. Pratchett can be read at a variety of different levels and be enjoyed. After reading Marcus Sedgwick’s review, I have decided I want to spend more time looking for the hidden treasure that slipped by me the first time around not that it mattered to my enjoyment of the novel. Pratchett is the master of word play and disingenuous comments and although I enjoyed many, when I finished the novel, I could not help to wonder how many I missed. There are times when I wish I were more literate. Two gentlemen take pity of the girl and move her to the home of one of the gentlemen, Henry, and see her cared for by a doctor.ĭodger feels an obligation to the girl, who refuses to reveal her name, and decides to find her attackers, with far reaching political implications. Set in Victorian London, Dodger comes to the aid of a young woman who had leapt for a carriage trying to escape two assailants. ![]()
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