书籍 Esio Trot的封面

Esio Trot

Roald Dahl

出版社

Puffin UK

出版时间

2001-04-25

ISBN

9780141311333

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

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Book Description

A shy man, Mr Hoppy has only the courage for polite conversation with Mrs Silver, as she tends her pet tortoise Alfie, on the balcony below. But, when he learns that her dearest wish is for Alfie to grow bigger, he hatches a plan involving a giant pair of metal claws and 140 tortoises.

Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, harbours a secret passion for his neighbour, the lovely Mrs Silver. Unfortunately she lavishes all her affection on another... Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr Hoppy's wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival and win the love of his lady will delight and amaze, involving, as it does a cryptic riddle and no fewer than a hundred and forty tortoises, large and small.

Esio Trot

Cover of Esio TrotEsio Trot is a children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

Mr. Hoppy is madly in love with Mrs. Silver, a widow who lives in the flat below him, and has been for many years. Mrs. Silver, however, dotes upon her very small pet tortoise, Alfie (also known as Esio Trot, which, if you haven't noticed, reads 'Tortoise' backwards). Mr. Hoppy decides to win his beloved's heart, using a set of clever riddles and an army of tortoises.

Book Dimension:

length: (cm)19.8                width:(cm)12.8

用户评论
美不胜收啊~经常想起这本书~美不胜收~~
Mrs Silver毕竟还是失去了她原来的乌龟
罗尔德达尔系列之第2本
As English reading and translation exercise:It's a love story without any magic factors.Not fairy tale,but an old man's thoroughly arrangement.Mr Hoppy married his secret love in the end.Tortoise,esio trot,just reverse the spelling order.
2.26/2023 很简单的小故事,本来更期望最后有什么反转的,不过happy ending也好。另外,我姑娘的读书速度是我的1.5倍啊!
为什么这么想要小乌龟长大🙃,被人拿捏了哈哈哈
非常有趣的小故事,让人忍不住一口气读完
🐢💏
是罗达尔作品中感觉一般的,虽然结局挺圆满,但小龟和它最初的主人还是分离了啊