The Borrowers Afloat
core novel 1959 The Borrowers
Record
| First published | 1959 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (8,088 ratings, collected 2026-09-06) |
| Page count | 191 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152047337 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Picking up after the Clock family reaches relatives at a gamekeeper's cottage, this novel finds Arrietty, Pod and Homily facing renewed hardship when the human family who unknowingly sustains the household departs, leaving the Borrowers with dwindling resources. They hear tell of Little Fordham, a miniature model railway village said among Borrowers to be a legendary place of abundant food and safety, and resolve to reach it despite the dangers of the journey. Forced to flee their temporary shelter, the family sets out on an improvised water journey aboard a tea kettle turned makeshift boat, guided and protected along the way by their resourceful friend Spiller, all while trying to avoid Mild Eye, the same gypsy who had captured them before. Their voyage down the waterways tests the family's ingenuity and endurance as they draw closer to the promise of Little Fordham.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Borrowers
- Series: The Borrowers core; position 3 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mary Norton
Notes
- From the series record (The Borrowers): Core Canon = all 5 Borrowers novels, a single continuous closed sequence published 1952-1982.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Borrowers: position 3 of 5: previous The Borrowers Afield (1955) · next The Borrowers Aloft (1961)
Sources
- The Borrowers (novel) - Wikipedia
- Mary Norton (author) - Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Borrowers_Afloat
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